Images Dated 24th May 2010

Gliese 229 system, artwork

Gliese 229 system. Computer artwork of the brown dwarf Gliese 229 b (Gl229 b, right) in orbit around its parent star, the red dwarf Gliese 229 (upper left). Gl229 b was the first brown dwarf to be directly imaged when it was found in 1995. A brown dwarf is an intermediate object between a gas giant planet (like Jupiter) and a star. Gl229 b has a mass between 20 and 50 times that of Jupiter, but is still too small to sustain the nuclear reactions characteristic of stars. These two dwarfs are about four billion miles apart, about the same distance between Pluto and our sun. The system lies around 19 light years from Earth in the constellation Lepus

© WALTER MYERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Europe; Italy; Vernazza; Sail Boat landing at the City and Church of Santa Margherita

Europe. Italy. Vernazza. Sail Boat landing at the City and Church of Santa Margherita d'Antiochia of Vernazza

© Terry Eggers / DanitaDelimont.com

Baptistery, Beach, Bell Tower, Blue Sky, Boat, Boating, Bright, Building, Christianity, Church, Cinque Terre, Coastline, Color, Colorful, Culture, Daytime, Europe, Excitement, Harbor, Hillside, Italy, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Reflection, Refreshing, Relaxation, Sky, Summer, Teamwork, Terry Eggers, Town, Travel, Vacation, Vernazza, Water

Pair of Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), female in foreground and male behind

Pair of Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), female in foreground and male behind, note circular mating scars on female caused by the males suckers, Babbacombe Bay, Torbay, Devon, UK, May

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2020vision, Atlantic, Cephalopods, Cuttlefish, England, English Channel, Europe, Females, Invertebrates, Male Female Pair, Marine, Mating Behaviour, Molluscs, Portraits, Seas, Sepia Officinalis, Temperate, Uk, Underwater