I recently took a trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion La...  ...e photos in the gallery below, my favorite is the close-up of one of the monitors you see in the mission con...  ...can see that one down at the bottom of the list. Up at the top, at 35 years and still ticking, VGR2 -...

IBM scientists in Zurich, Switzerland, who cap...  ...ch, Switzerland, who captured the first close-up image of a single molecule (a pentacene back...

The squid named Galiteuthis armata isn't particula...  ...n't want to anger! See more pictures, including a close-up

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech I've been...  ...nt, which is to be used to take extreme close-ups of rocks and soil. The penny, provided...  ...tradition to place a coin as a size reference in close-up photos of rocks. Photo: NASA/JPL...

This ain't fingerpainting you did...  ...id in kindergarten! That's artist Chuck Close "painting" a portrait of his grandmothe...  ...Fanny/Fingerpainting, a portrait of Close 's grandmother-in-law, represents one...  ...pressure of his finger on the canvas, *strong class="match...

Look -it's a whole inflatable water park! If y...  ...on a lake or have a really big pond, you can blow up and fit this whole thing together for as many as...  ...se each component can be bought separately. Get a close-up

Photographer Fabian Oefner creates lovely art by m...  ...en subjecting it to a magnetic field. See various close-up views of the artwork in Oefner's project called M...

(YouTube link) The Dance Party Robot brings the...  ...PM. You can follow his schedule on Twitter. See a close-up view at Laughing Squid. Link

Did you see the transit of Venus this week? Even if you did, you didn't see it like the joint US-Japanese Hinode space mission did! But we can see the amazing picture it took. Link...

We've all seen human eyes, but it's rare to lo...  ...e all seen human eyes, but it's rare to look this closely at them -and when you do, it's amazing how weird...  ...prising array of vivid colors. See more fantastic close ups of human eyes at the link. Link