Subscribe now

Gege Li

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up

More from Gege Li

Explore the latest news, articles and features

?Goleuadau?r Gogledd? ? Mathew Browne Wales, United Kingdom The title of this image, ?Goleuadau?r Gogledd,? translates to ?Northern Lights? in Welsh. Finding the accurate translation proved challenging, as this phrase isn?t commonly used in everyday conversations here in South Wales. Witnessing the aurora borealis this far south is a rare occurrence, and capturing it at an iconic location like Paxton?s Tower adds to its uniqueness. Paxton?s Tower, a hilltop folly with a history spanning over 200 years, overlooks the picturesque Carmarthenshire countryside. For over an hour, the horizon beyond the clouds emitted hues of green and pink. However, for a brief yet magical moment, the sky came alive with impressive pink pillars, visible to the naked eye

Earth

See a dazzling collection of the year's best northern lights pictures

Regulars

Free

See the world's tropical forests illuminated in stunning new show

Comment

See the world's tropical forests illuminated in stunning new show

Regulars

Free

Artist's tulip photos capture transience of life

Life

Artist's tulip photos capture transience of life

Regulars

Free

Les scientifiques du CNRS et de l?universit? chilienne d?Antofagasta collectent des ?chantillons et de l?eau sur la Laguna Roja au nord du Chili. Avec un petit canot pneumatique, ils vont s?aventurer sur ce lac d?arsenic pour r?colter avec une bouteille sp?ciale, de l?eau ? diff?rente profondeur pour faire des analyses chimiques et voir si des microorganismes arrivent ? vivre dans ces conditions extr?mes.

Life

Chile's Atacama salt flats captured in spectacular drone shot

Regulars

Free

20 July 1969. Neil Armstrong?s photos of Buzz Aldrin?s first steps on the Moon. This was what it all boiled down to in the end, even after the unprecedented feats of rocketry and all the extraordinary technical innovation which had safely flown two astronauts to a destination a quarter of a million miles from home: the basic human act of walking.

Space

Walking on the moon: candid photos from astronaut Tim Peake’s new book

Regulars

Free

Planet Earth III book - page 11 The sharks, though, are in for a surprise because the adult seals mob them instead of fleeing (opposite bottom).

Life

See a mob of seals save their pups from a shark in Planet Earth III

Regulars

Free

1st Place Hassanain Qambari & Jayden Dickson The Lions Eye Institute Department of Physiology & Pharmacology Perth, Western Australia, Australia Rodent optic nerve head showing astrocytes (yellow), contractile proteins (red) and retinal vasculature (green) Confocal, Fluorescence, Image Stacking 20X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Comment

Intricate photo of rat's retina wins Nikon Small World competition

Regulars

Free

A fully deployed OTIS, with the secondary mirror extended over the primary mirror, is removed from Chamber A after a successful thermal-vacuum test in 2017. Seen still in the chamber is a sunshield simulator, called the L5 Simulator, representing the fifth and innermost layer of the sunshield. The telescope would be shipped to the Northrop Grumman facility in California to be integrated with the real sunshield. I was suspended on a lift for this shot. Page 119

Space

A glimpse inside how the James Webb Space Telescope was put together

Regulars

Free

Plant microverse. Roots of Arabidopsis thaliana under the fluorescence microscope.

Life

Remarkable images show the intricacy and beauty of common plants

Regulars

Free

Lopp??

Comment

Painting at the top of Mont Blanc

Regulars

Free

cf. Mycena (???) Reserva Los Cedros, Cotacachi, Ecuador

Life

Fascinating photos of fungi show their diversity

Regulars

Free

Lewis Burnett - Manta

Life

See this award-winning shot of a reef manta ray taken by a drone

Regulars

Free