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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.

International Observe the Moon Night

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Tonight is International Observe the Moon Night. Moon-lovers, look up! And click in to find events near you.

Watch launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury

By in Human World | Space | 1 day ago
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The BepiColombo mission to our sun’s innermost planet – fascinating little Mercury – launches from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana on October 20 at 01:45 UTC (tonight at 9:45 p.m. EDT). Here’s how to watch.

Milky Way and moonlight

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Indian Beach at Ecola State Park in Cannon Beach, Oregon.

What makes giant soldier ants?

By in Earth | 2 days ago
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Charles Darwin puzzled over why ants come in such wildly different sizes. The question even made him doubt his theory of evolution. New research might explain why.

How do dogs process words?

By in Earth | Human World | 2 days ago
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What’s happening in your dog’s brain when it hears you say squirrel? New research looks at how dog’s brains react to human words.

Northern lights over Sweden

By in Today's Image | 2 days ago
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Photographer Jörgen Andersson captured the northern lights over Sweden on October 7, 2018.

Bees stopped buzzing during total solar eclipse

By in Earth | Human World | 6 days ago
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In the path of totality of the August 2017 total solar eclipse, bees stopped flying, says a study. “It was like ‘lights out’ at summer camp.”

Jupiter in the rearview mirror

By in Today's Image | 6 days ago
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In the final minutes of a close flyby of Jupiter on September 6, the Juno spacecraft captured this departing view of the planet’s swirling southern hemisphere.

Autumn in the English Lake District

By in Today's Image | 1 week ago
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How gorgeous is this? Adrian Strand took this photo on October 7, 2018 in the Lake District in northwest England.

Is Voyager 2 nearing interstellar space?

By in Human World | Space | 2 weeks ago
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Voyager 2, launched in 1977, is now about 11 billion miles (17.7 billion km) from Earth. NASA says the spacecraft has detected an increase in cosmic rays, which might mean it’s close to becoming only the 2nd human-made object, after Voyager 1, to enter interstellar space.