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The best science and technology pictures of the week

News imageNasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured these six images of a X-class significant solar flare. Each is taken at a different light wavelength. (Nasa/SDO/Reuters)
Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured these six images of a X-class significant solar flare. Each is taken at a different light wavelength. (Nasa/SDO/Reuters)

The most stunning images from the worlds of science and technology this week, including a leopard’s daring escape and a scene with two very different Londons.

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Iced-up airliners and a violent Sun

News imageAn airport worker sprays de-icing liquid onto a Boeing 737m, as China shivers during snowy winter weather. (Reuters)
An airport worker sprays de-icing liquid onto a Boeing 737m, as China shivers during snowy winter weather. (Reuters)

Dancing F-16s and a view of the Universe

News imageTwo F-16s of the Singaporean Air Force display team the Black Knights, captured during a performance at the Singapore Airshow. (AP)
Two F-16s of the Singaporean Air Force display team the Black Knights, captured during a performance at the Singapore Airshow. (AP)

A rocket’s slow crawl and a spectacular volcano

News imageA Russian Soyuz-U booster carrying an unmanned cargo spacecraft Progress M-22M heads to the launchpad at Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (AFP/Getty Images)
A Russian Soyuz-U booster carrying an unmanned cargo spacecraft Progress M-22M heads to the launchpad at Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (AFP/Getty Images)

A lion's check up and a brain sculpture

News imageA Kenya Wildlife Service team take measurements of a male lion’s teeth while they prepare to fit the animal with a GPS tracking collar in Nairobi National Park. (AP)
A Kenya Wildlife Service team take measurements of a male lion’s teeth while they prepare to fit the animal with a GPS tracking collar in Nairobi National Park. (AP)

Leaping whales and fierce fossils

News imageA visitor looks at a display during a media preview of the "Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction" exhibition in Singapore. It features more than 400 fossils and models. (Getty Images)
A visitor looks at a display during a media preview of the "Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction" exhibition in Singapore. It features more than 400 fossils and models. (Getty Images)

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