This page features science-related images that I have seen recently and think are striking and that relate to stories that have been featured on my Science in the News pages.

Thursday 13th May 2010: New old marine life - contradicting extinction

Newly found 470-480 million-year-old fossils of soft-bodied marine life. Images from article: Van Roy et al., Nature, 465, 215-218, 2010.

Friday 7th May 2010: Rumbling on and on...

A lightning filled eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Image taken by: Terje Sørgjerd.

Monday 26th April 2010: Happy 20th birthday Hubble!

This image is one of thousands taken by the Hubble Space Telescope during its 20-year-mission to date. Image from: hubblesite.org.