Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

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Each week we find the most interesting and informative articles we can and along the way we uncover amazing and cool images. Here you'll discover 10 incredible photos and the stories behind them.

Hypnotized by a Space Storm:

Jupiter's North Pole shows off its tumult in a new animation.

[Full Story: These Hellish Storms on Jupiter Are Mesmerizing to Watch]

Solar Wind Effects:

A powerful gust of solar wind is crackling its way through Earth's upper atmosphere. Here's what that means for you.

[Full Story: Solar Wind Lights Up Night Skies, After Bursting Through a 'Hole' in the Sun]

Odd Response

A winter race participant lost three toes to frostbite, and what he did with them next was toe-tally bizarre

[Full Story: You Could Drink This Man's Frostbitten, Amputated Toes in a Cocktail]

An Ominous Sign:

Are more wildfires in Greenland's future?

[Full Story: Greenland's Biggest Fire Is a 'Warning' for Its Future]

Strange Beauty:

This whale sneezed a rainbow, and all is right in the world.

[Full Story: Whale Sneezes Rainbow, Proving Nature is Beautiful and Weird]

New TB Test:

Tuberculosis is both deadly and difficult to test for. But a new paper suggests rats might make the illness easier to sniff out.

[Full Story: This Pouched Rat Can Sniff Out Tuberculosis in Kids]

Naming the Hatchlings:

For the love of democracy, please vote on what these adorable baby eagles should be named.

[Full Story: Please Help Name These Adorable Bald Eagle Hatchlings. Democracy Depends on It.]

Roaming the Seas:

About 205 million years ago, a ginormous sea monster — so large it was nearly the size of a modern blue whale — swam through the ocean, fueling its colossal body by preying on prehistoric squid and fish, a new study finds.

[Full Story: Prehistoric Sea Monster Was Nearly the Size of a Blue Whale]

Controversy Continues:

The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently reported research. These findings were supposed to end the controversy but they ignited a new one.

[Full Story: 'Space Alien' Mummy Spurs DNA Debate]

Surprise Find: