Science Photos

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week By Livescience.com

Each week we find the most interesting and informative articles we can and along the way we uncover amazing and cool images. Here you'll discover 10 incredible photos and the stories behind them.

Mars-eye view:

A NASA spacecraft has given humanity a breathtaking, Mars-eye view of Earth and its moon.

The end of an era:

Tilikum, a 36-year-old killer whale made famous by the documentary "Blackfish," died today (Jan. 6), according to SeaWorld. How did the orca compare with his wild cousins?

Silkhenge:

Tiny spiders hatching from a "silkhenge" were captured on video for the first time.

Ancient astronomy:

A Neolithic rock with a precisely carved hole was found in Sicily.

Explosive event:

Part of a 26-acre lava

Kitty invasion:

The cat's out of the bag — and all over Australia.

Ancient carvings:

Hikers exploring caves in southern Israel recently made an unexpected discovery: engravings of a cross and a menorah located close together on a cistern wall.

Early missteps:

Modern birds hatch their eggs in a jiffy, taking anywhere from a mere 11 days to just less than three months to incubate their fluffy chicks. That's a far shorter time than their dinosaur ancestors took to do the same deed, a new study finds.

Brainless?

A species of slime mold can learn and teach, and all without a brain, new research finds.

High elevation home:

Thousands of years ago, people living on the Tibetan plateau waded into a steamy hot spring, leaving behind footprints in the soft mud. These footprints, which were discovered in 1998, have proved invaluable to researchers, who recently dated them.