Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this image of southern Scandinavia, showing the northern lights aurora, just before midnight under a full moon on April 3, 2015. NASA hide caption
13.7: Cosmos And Culture 13.7: Cosmos And Culture
13.7 Cosmos & Culture
Commentary On Science And Society
Artist's rendering of the first planet outside of our solar system to be imaged orbiting a brown dwarf star, called the 2M1207 system. ESO hide caption
One writer refuses to downplay the attraction and achievements of the octopus. Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Natalie Portman plays Lena in Alex Garland's Annihilation, a fantasy sci-fi drama based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer. Paramount Pictures hide caption
Picture shows what scientists say are Neanderthal cave-paintings inside the Andalusian cave of Ardales, on March 1, 2018. The cave-paintings, found in three caves in Spain, were created between 43,000 and 65,000 years ago, at least 20,000 years before modern humans are believed to have arrived in Europe. AFP/Getty Images hide caption