Want to see some cool science images? Yeah, we thought so. We've made a list of the top seven science images of the week for your viewing pleasure.

In case you missed these exciting science stories and images this week, we’ve compiled a Top 7 (as they say seven is a lucky number) list just for you. Because there’s nothing better than pretty pictures and a list post to get you through another Friday arvo.

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http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/42753 Description: Confocal image of pastel neurons in the hippocampus of a "Brainbow" mouse brain, with each neuron expressing a distinct color. In Brainbow mice, neurons randomly choose combinations of red, yellow and cyan fluorescent proteins, so that they each glow a particular color. This provides a way to distinguish neighboring neurons and visualize brain circuits. Honorable Mention, 2007 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition. Authors: Jean Livet and 2007 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Cell image of colourful rainbow like circles and lines.

When you’ve got rainbows on your mind – courtesy of Cell Image Library. “Confocal image of pastel neurons in the hippocampus of a ‘Brainbow’ mouse brain, with each neuron expressing a distinct color. In Brainbow mice, neurons randomly choose combinations of red, yellow and cyan fluorescent proteins, so that they each glow a particular color. This provides a way to distinguish neighboring neurons and visualize brain circuits. Honorable Mention, 2007 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition.” Image credit – Jean Livet and 2007 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®

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The first photograph from Sentinel-1B, showing the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago – via Cosmos Magazine. Image credit – Copernicus Sentinel Data/ESA

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Eta Aquarids is an annual meteor shower. In this photo taken in Maine, USA in 2014, photographer Mike Taylor captured a meteor streak moving left to right through the frame. Image Credit: Mike Taylor
Meteor shower at night above a dark lake.

Eta Aquarids is an annual meteor shower. In this photo taken in Maine, USA in 2014, photographer Mike Taylor captured a meteor streak moving left to right through the frame. You can find out more about the upcoming month-long meteor showing from Australian Geographic. Image Credit: Mike Taylor

 

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A powerful new 19-beam telescope receiver made and built by CSIRO engineers will lie at the heart of the world’s largest single-dish telescope in Pingtang County, China.
Image showing large FAST telescope in China.

A powerful new 19-beam telescope receiver made and assembled by CSIRO engineers will lie at the heart of the world’s largest single-dish telescope in Pingtang County, China.

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Belgian astronomers discovered the three potentially habitable Earth-like planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star, named TRAPPIST-1, about 40 light-years from Earth. Find out more at IFLScience. Photo credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/N. Risinger
Image of three planets in space.

Belgian astronomers discovered three potentially habitable Earth-like planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star, named TRAPPIST-1, about 40 light-years from Earth. Find out more at IFLScience. Photo credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/N. Risinger

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From Science Daily - "ZooDom veterinarian Adrell Nunez (center) draws blood from a solenodon for DNA samples. Researchers caught the venomous mammal by allowing it to walk across their bodies at night in the forests of the Dominican Republic." Pictured from left to right: Nicolas De J. Corona, Adrell Nunez, Taras K. Oleksyk, and Yimell Corona.
Image of scientists with torches extracting DNA from mammal.

From Science Daily – Venom: ZooDom veterinarian Adrell Nunez (center) draws blood from a solenodon for DNA samples. Researchers caught the venomous mammal by allowing it to walk across their bodies at night in the forests of the Dominican Republic. Pictured from left to right: Nicolas De J. Corona, Adrell Nunez, Taras K. Oleksyk, and Yimell Corona.

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I’m Dr Bryan Lessard (a.k.a. @bry_the_fly_guy), a CSIRO entomologist and this week I’m taking over the CSIRO’s Instagram account! When you first think of entomology, you might imagine lab coats, microscopes and mothballs, but I can tell you that there’s a lot more to being an entomologist. One of my favourite parts of the job is getting outdoors to collect specimens in some pretty amazing places! Here I am collecting flies from the Daintree Rainforest National Park in North Queensland. After we collect the specimens, we bring them back to the lab and identify new species to add to our knowledge of Australia’s unique biodiversity.
Scientist standing on large log over shallow water in rain forest with large net in hand to catch flies.

This week our resident fly guy (Dr Bryan Lessard aka @bry_the_fly_guy) took over our Instagram account (shameless plug) and started things off with this amazing image of himself scouting for flies in the Daintree Rainforest. “When you first think of entomology, you might imagine lab coats, microscopes and mothballs, but I can tell you that there’s a lot more to being an entomologist. One of my favourite parts of the job is getting outdoors to collect specimens in some pretty amazing places! Here I am collecting flies from the Daintree Rainforest National Park in North Queensland. After we collect the specimens, we bring them back to the lab and identify new species to add to our knowledge of Australia’s unique biodiversity.”

 

3 comments

  1. banksia

    12th May 2016 at 10:09 am

    Wonderful! Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Bodil Conroy

    10th May 2016 at 10:24 pm

    Love the fly catcher. I was thinking about crocs. you wouldn’t want to slip. Then again you have the best job. Lovely photo.

    Reply
  3. Linda Black

    6th May 2016 at 6:53 pm

    These are so inspiring! I especially love the first one…all that colour!

    Reply

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