SCIENCE

The Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition provides a powerful insight into the landscapes, wildlife and nature of the planet, and the adventures to be found on it.

One man was killed and at least 11 people were injured when an avalanche, possibly triggered by the eruption of a nearby volcano, engulfed skiers.

Some of the sailors' remains were reportedly inside the HMS Electra and HMS Encounter, Royal Navy ships which sank in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.

Lava fountains gush up 700 metres (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes tower up to three kilometres (1.9 miles) in the sky.

During a global continental reorganisation phase, the landmass broke away and collided with Northern Australia's Mount Isa region.

Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov rode the vacuum cleaner during routine clean-up activity on the space station.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a spectacular collection of 900 ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered in the Qumran caves outside Jerusalem in 1947.

A skull that was found by chance in Somerset in March last year belonged to a woman who lived in the Iron Age and was most likely beheaded at her death or shortly after.

High levels of the chemical imidacloprid have been detected in a number of waterways across the country.

A new acoustic tractor beam uses rapidly rotating 'tornadoes' of sound to suspend objects in mid-air.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Previously, oolitic limestone was thought to have been formed as a result of ooid grains rolling on the sea floor, slowly staking up the layers of sediment.

The finding comes as Nasa continues to prepare for missions to Mars and beyond.

Today's festive bird has been traced back to ancient Mexico where it was seen as a cultural symbol used in religious ceremonies.

Plants can now be made to resist environmental changes like global warming and pathogens.

The Juno mission began in August 2011 as part of Nasa's New Frontiers Program. It arrived at Jupiter by July 2016 and the initial mission is to have it orbit the planet 12 times.

Going by its composition, researchers believe that the water on angrites and water on Earth came from the same source.

A fission reactor literally splits atoms to generate power and Nasa has completed initial testing in a vacuum environment.

The weird-looking squid, scientifically known as vampyroteuthis infernalis, was spotted at a depth of 1,290m off the Socorro Island.

From potentially hazardous asteroids to Saturn's moon Titan's incredible similarities to Earth – these are the best space stories of the week.

The newly-discovered underwater volcanoes were found buried around 820 feet beneath the sediment on the sea floor.

Electricians working on the wiring update for the palace discovered a collection of items dating back 130 years.

The newly-identified brittle star species is believed to be the cousin of modern starfish and is considered to have had incredible survival powers.

A 75- minute encrypted conference call between Chinese and Austrian scientists was made possible by China's Micius quantum satellite.

It is thought that the skulls may have been smashed and larger bones deliberately removed after the bodies decomposed.

Sharks usually practice multiple paternity, where a litter of pups have several fathers. But tiger sharks seem to be "genetically monogamous", which threatens their sustainability.

The Y chromosome is fragile. Are we witnessing the slow demise of men? The women seem to be doing just fine with X chromosome, after all. What solution are there?

The afterglow from the massive collision has continued to brighten up since August 2017.

Three people were killed in Belgium and the Netherlands, and at least eight people died in Germany as powerful winds ripped roofs off buildings, toppled trees and blew trucks off the road.