Ashley Cooper / Passengers undergoing bio-security checks on the Akademik Sergey Vavilov to remove any stray seeds or biological material that might contaminate Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Passengers undergoing bio-security checks on the Akademik Sergey Vavilov to remove any stray seeds or biological material that might contaminate Antarctica.

Charlie Summers / Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2). The colours of the tail and comet head come from ionized carbon monoxide (CO+) and diatomic carbon (C2), which glow blue and green respectively in the near-vacuum of interpl...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB research ecologist using vacuum apparatus to sample invertebrates at the RSPB's Hope Farm Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB research ecologist using vacuum apparatus to sample invertebrates at the RSPB's Hope Farm Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, July

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, ruby coated, attacking vacuum cleaner

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, ruby coated, attacking vacuum cleaner

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, ruby coated, attacking vacuum cleaner

Onne van der Wal / Boat building at Holby Marine with the SCRIMP method showing the mould and vacuum system of infusing the resin. Bristol, Rhode Island, USA.

David Fleetham / Triton trumpet shell (Charonia tritonis) attacking a Cushion starfish, (Culcita novaeguineae) Hawaii. It will first drill into the seastar, vacuum the interior and then finally engulf the outer portio...