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Image of the day: Apollo 14 moon landing

44 years ago today, Apollo 14 landed on the moon.  See more here. Image: NASA

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Image of the day: Insects dancing in the light

As part of the International Year of Light, an image showing insect trails around a floodlight

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Image of the day: Civet coffee – the £50 cuppa?

Margaux Lesaffre encounters civet coffee in Indonesia

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Image of the day: Geology of the Spanish Pyrenees

Amber Madden-Nadeau on the beauty of the Pyrenees, and the forces that created this mountain range

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Image of the day: Steam rising from Pacaya volcano

Stephanie Sammann on roasting marshmallows at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala

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Image of the day: Tracking giraffes in South Africa

Image of the day: Sarah Bunney tracking giraffes

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Image of the day: The Blue Lizard of Capri

Margaux Lesaffre on the strange small world where the blue lizard lives

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Image of the day: Spider at work

Stephanie Sammann watches a small but deadly predator at work

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Image of the Week

The image of the week is a stunning night-time display of cosmic light.

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Image of the Week: Mapping Happiness

What do we know about happiness? This week's image reveals a clue in the quest for happiness.

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Image of the Week: Swimming with Grey Seals

This weeks image is of a playful grey seal: an intelligent animal with interesting behaviours…

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Image of the Week: A new view of Titan

NASA is uncovering Saturn's shrouded moon Titan with this infrared picture, which pierces through Titan's haze, revealing its unseen surface.

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Image of the Week: Closeup of Wine

These beautiful photographs of alcohol under the microscope are a perfect blend of art and science

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Image of the Week: Extraterrestrial Life

This week's image, taken from the International Space Station, is of a flower blossoming in space.

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Image of the Week: Hand Print

This week's image is the bacterial hand print of an 8-year old boy, developed by his mother in her microbiology lab.

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Image of the Week: Baby Swordfish

It may seem tiny, but this little baby will grow to one of the oceans' large and dangerous predatory fish.

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Image of the Week: Eternal Data Archiving

Have scientists just created superman’s memory crystal? This glass disc contains 5D data – with a lifespan close to eternal.

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Image of the Week: Spinning Cloud Spirals

This beautiful image shows a flying Boeing 777 and the effect of its wing tip vortex on the clouds behind it.

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Image of the Week: Total Solar Eclipse

A total solar eclipse, photographed from Jakarta, Indonesia. The eclipse provided new opportunities for scientists to study the Sun's atmosphere.

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Image of the Week: Origami Robots

A group of researchers are developing a tiny foldable robot, to be used as a non-invasive tool in medicine.

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