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Eleanor Imster

Eleanor Imster

Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. Today, as Lead Editor at EarthSky.org, she helps present the science and nature stories and photos you enjoy. She also serves as one of the voices of EarthSky on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and G+. She and her husband live in Tennessee and have two grown sons.

Moon and tiny starlike dot and an arched stone structure against purple sky.

Crescent moon and Jupiter

Posted by in Today's Image | 18 hours ago
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Jenney Disimon captured the crescent moon and Jupiter over Sabah, N. Borneo, on January 23, 2020.
Reflection of an astronaut in an astronaut's helmet.

Watch ISS spacewalk January 25

Posted by in Human World | Space | 1 day ago
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Watch the last of January’s 3 International Space Station spacewalks tomorrow.

Cartoon of a vehicle with a smiling face.

Help name the next Mars rover

Posted by in Human World | Space | 3 days ago
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Cast your vote to help name the next Mars rover, scheduled to launch in July or August 2020. The names were drawn from 9 finalist essays written by K-12 students. The voting will remain open through January 27.

Could future moon homes be made of fungi?

Posted by in Human World | Space | 3 days ago
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For future homes on the moon, Mars, and other worlds, NASA is exploring technologies that would use mushrooms to grow self-repairing, self-replicating habitats.
Furry hoofed animal in a green leafy glade by a stream.

Study shows animal life thriving around Fukushima

Posted by in Earth | Human World | 4 days ago
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Nearly a decade after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, researchers have found that wildlife populations are abundant in areas now devoid of human life.
Spooky big-headed human-like silhouettes in shadowy forest.

Could invisible aliens exist among us?

Posted by in Earth | Human World | 1 week ago
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The Earth might be crawling with undiscovered alien creatures whose biochemistry is very different from life as we know it. An astrobiologist explains.

2019 was Earth’s 2nd-hottest year on record

Posted by in Earth | Human World | 1 week ago
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According to independent analyses by both NASA and NOAA, Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 ranked 2nd-warmest since 1880.

Crab Nebula: Visualize an exploded star

Posted by and in Space | 2 weeks ago
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A new NASA video combines visible, infrared and X-ray views of the famous Crab Nebula, a star that exploded into view in our sky 1,000 years ago.

View from a round window aboard ISS of a powerful, swirling hurricane in the Atlantic.

$1 billion weather/climate disasters: 14 for US in 2019

Posted by in Earth | Human World | 2 weeks ago
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NOAA reports that 2019 was the 5th consecutive year in which the United States experienced 10 or more $1 billion weather and climate disasters, including fires, hurricanes and flooding.

Spiral of pink, blue, and white lights against a black background.

New Hubble view of gigantic galaxy

Posted by and in Space | 2 weeks ago
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The Hubble Telescope released this glorious image of the spiral galaxy UGC 2885 on January 6. This image was made in part as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.