Cassini was around 38,500 miles (62,000 km) from Hyperion when the image was taken. The moon's 'bubbly' appearance is due to it having a very low density for its size.

The rumour mill went into overdrive earlier this week after Amazon sent an e-mail to affiliates, businesses that sell through it, detailing the changes.

Eighty six per cent of parents do not understand the majority of terms - including 'fleek' and 'bae' - their children use via text and on social media, a survey of 2,000 families showed.

The asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million years ago triggered volcanic eruptions around the globe that may have contributed to the devastation, Berkeley researchers say.

Researchers at Penn State University say the study may help astronomers understand how the largest black holes were able to grow so rapidly in the relatively short amount of time they had to form.

Researchers at Salk Institute in California and the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a genetic fault involved in premature ageing, which they hope to study to see if they can slow the process.

Authorities have been alerted to the game after a 13-year-old girl from northern France went missing for three days last week, and claimed to have been challenged to the 'Game of 72' dare.

The research from the University of Bonn studied the impact of 'marketing placebo effects' (MPE). This is when beliefs about a product create a placebo effect that the chemistry of the brain changes.

Microsoft hopes to lure more people to use its new Windows 10 software by making it easy to use apps they're already using on Apple or Android phones, it has announced in San Francisco.

Researchers at Microsoft's research labs in Redmond, Washington, have designed glasses that detect the facial expression, gestures, body position and variations in speech of people.

Engineers in Germany describe the EOssc2 (pictured) as an 'ultra flexible micro-car for mega cities' and plan on enabling it to drive itself. It is currently being tested in Bremen and Dalian, China.

Nagoya University and the University of Tokyo in Japan studied stone weapons created by humans and found they were no more effective than Neanderthal-created tools of the same era.

The gadget, called CH4, is worn in the back pocket and analyses the gases produced when its owner breaks wind, according to its New York inventor.

A Harvard-led study has mapped taste buds on a tongue for the first time. Scientists examined the different cells used to identify taste. Receptor cells in a taste bud and shown in green.

Researchers from the University of Patras created the algorithm, which determines a person's state of intoxication by using thermal imaging (drunk person is pictured).

Researchers from Manchester University found proteins in the shell cause a reaction with crustacyanin, when heated these proteins are destroyed and the red chemical remains.

Scientists led by the University of Tennessee detected the subsurface by using a hoop-like electromagnetic sensor suspended beneath a helicopter to map the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

The technology, by French group Pixium Vision, is based on a technique known as 'neuromodulation' in which electricity from a chip stimulate the nervous system to restore sight.

Cats really do communicate with their owners, a new book written by a San Diego cat expert has claimed - and says it can tell owners what each purr and tail wag means.

The revolutionary's body, which is on display in a mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square, is immersed in a bath of glycerol and potassium acetate for 30 days every two years.

The San Francisco social media company which was scheduled to report its results after the market closed on Tuesday has now officially released the earnings.

Swiss Neuroscientists have succeeded in creating 'ghosts' in the laboratory by tricking the brains of test subjects into feeling an unexpected 'presence' in the room.

Scientists at Haverford College in Pennsylvania say they have spotted X-ray emissions consistent with thousands of white dwarfs (one illustrated) at the galaxy's centre.

Biologists at Harvard University found Clark's Western grebes (pictured) slap their flattened feet hard onto the surface of the water up to 20 times a second to generate lift that stops them from sinking.

The Californian company has yet to comment on reports that some tattooed owners of the Apple Watch are experiencing problems with the heart rate sensor, which is used for various functions on the device.

The tiny nipper - measuring just 5.5 inches long - was caught during a 2010 government research trip and its body remained frozen while biologists tried to identify it.

Researchers at the University of Sussex have found it is possible to trigger emotions in people by using air to caress their hands in different ways (pictured) and now hope to exploit smell and taste.

Researchers from University College London subjected two commercial Li-ion batteries to external heat and used thermal imaging (pictured) to observe the internal structure.

An astronomer at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, claims that Paul the Apostle may have experienced a vision caused by a meteor similar to the one over Chelyabinsk in Russia.

Piloted and powered by paracyclist Liz McTernan, the bike was built by Plymouth University and will need to exceed 21.39mph (34.42 km/h) over 656ft (200-metres) to beat the current record.

The Swedish furniture maker is currently displaying a concept model of its future kitchen in Milan, which it says could someday cater to a resource-limited society.

Researchers at Yahoo Labs in California have created a sensor that can recognise the shape of your ear or any other body part you want to access your device (shown).

The earthquake disaster in Nepal has highlighted how Earth's land masses are in the process of forming a new supercontinent - dubbed Amasia (illustrated), according to one researcher.

Researchers from Cornell University and the University of California, Berkeley, found that goods with round numbers tend to attract a fast sale online, but will sell for less than items with specific prices.

Scientists led by the University of Berkeley in California examined fossils over 23 million years. They found that the tropics were most at risk, and whales (shown) were particularly vulnerable.

An entomologist captured the bizarre behaviour of the caterpillar with four strange tentacle-like appendages (pictured) protruding from its abdomen in the Peruvian Amazon.

Vets from Hertfordshire and University College London found seizures could be triggered by crinkling tin foil or a metal spoon clanging in a ceramic feeding bowl, for example.

Chilesaurus diegosuarezi (illustrated) was discovered by a seven-year-old at the Toqui Formation in southern Chile and exhibits a bizarre mixture of characteristics.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wants dog owners to submit a DNA sample from the inside of the animal which can then be used to track and fine those who don't clean up after them.

By 2030 up to 170 million hectares (420 million acres) of forest could be lost in 11 hotspots, including the Amazon and eastern Australia (shown), conservationists have warned.

Progress M-27M will fall back to Earth in a matter of days, experts have said. The ISS-bound spacecraft suffered a glitch after launching yesterday and is now spinning out of control.

Facebook has added a video-calling feature to its standalone Messenger app in a bid to take on Skype and Apple's FaceTime.

Computer scientists in Bristol have created the 'world's first gaming robots' called Mecha Monsters (pictured), which can be programmed to perform new tricks.

A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey has warned the risk of 'the big one' hitting California has increased dramatically.

Chemists at University College London say hyderothermal vents (a stock image is shown) could have spontaneously produced the organic molecules necessary for life.

Scientists in Indiana have revealed a new theory for the solar corona mystery.
Millions of mini explosions called nanoflares are taking place on the sun (shown) every second and heating it.

Anti-ageing expert Dr Alex Zhavoronkov (pictured) is confident that he can live to 150 by living a clean lifestyle and avoiding the need to get married and have children.

Legendary physicist Stephen Hawking has given One Direction fans hope by saying that former member Zayn Malik is still in the band - he's just in an alternate universe.

Volcano Calbuco, in southern Chile, erupted at around 6pm local time, as 1,500 residents from the town of Ensenada were forced to flee their homes while a 12 mile exclusion zone was established.

Locals think the tree in Ashbrittle, Somerset, which was around before Stonehenge, is 'extremely sick,' but an expert believes it is just going through a 'bad patch.'

A video of a drop test conducted in Sacramento, California has shown that the Apple Watch Sport's Ion-X glass display (pictured) is perhaps not as impact-resistant as claimed.

McGill scientists haver discovered what they claim is a molecular reset button for our internal body clock. The process, known as phosphorylation, is triggered by light.

Researchers at the University of Bologna in Italy and colleagues have confirmed that two incisors (pictured) found in northern Italy belonged to modern humans from the Protoaurignacian culture.

The Android (pictured) covers a region near Shahpur, Pakistan - at coordinates 33°30'52.5"N 73°03'33.2"E. It is believed to have been added using Google's Map Maker software.

Designed by Australia-based Paranormal Games, the app creates a 'personalised afterlife experience' by transforming a person's movement and memories into digital models.

The recent explosion of live video streaming apps such have raised the realistic prospect that Sky could miss out on millions as viewers stream the content between their devices without paying.

Simply referred to as 'the next Gear', images (pictured) of the watch's circular face were unveiled as part of an announcement about the Korean firm's upcoming developer scheme.

The nine-gram robots - built by mechanical engineers at Stanford University in California - can haul more than a kilogram up a vertical wall. They have tiny 'spikes' on their feet, like a gecko.

Researchers at the University of Maryland found that if the interviewer saw the candidate as a potential competitor, the interviewer discriminated in favour of unattractive men.

Swiss Neuroscientists have succeeded in creating 'ghosts' in the laboratory by tricking the brains of test subjects into feeling an unexpected 'presence' in the room.

California-based writer Steward Brand says warnings that the world is facing a new mass extinction event may lead to a fatalistic attitude that will do more harm than good.

Scientists at Newcastle University and Trinity College Dublin say bees seem to prefer nectar laced with neonicotinoid chemicals - a type of pesticide commonly used on crops.

Stanford University in California found that tumours hijack a process known as myelination, which insulates nerve fibres, allowing them to carry thoughts more quickly.

Writing in the BMJ, Professor David Healy, a psychiatrist in Bangor, North Wales, claims the idea that SSRIs can correct a chemical imbalance and treat depression is a fallacy.

Archaeologists uncovered the fort on top of the 20-foot-high Dunnicaer sea stack (pictured) near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. It may have been one of a line of forts along the coast.

Australian historian Dr Jim Penman has compared modern day Britain with 100BC Rome, led by Julius Caesar (pictured), which while prosperous was edging closer towards the collapse of society,

Scientists at University College London found that comedians and barristers showed lower levels of activity in an area of the brain known as Broca's region (pictured).

Geologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used submarines to record underwater volcanic eruptions 3,937ft beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean near Samoa.

Researchers used data from Lisbon, Portugal, and found that even with only one passenger per ride and no complementary public transport, the number of cars still dropped by 77 per cent.

University of Illinois scientists have created the first 3D simulation of merging black holes (shown). It shows what happens when two supermassive black holes collide

A new species of torrent frog has been found in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Called Hylodes japi, it was found to mate underground in secret chambers. Shown is another torrent frog, the Waterfall frog.

This is according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West Virginia who is objecting to proposals by iRobot to release a radio wave-guided lawnmower.

The Endure Survival Penwas designed by Californian Nolan Brundige. As well as a flare launcher, the titanium pen contains a metal rod that can be used to make sparks.

Although scientists have long known that anxiety runs within families, the attitudes of over-anxious parents strongly affect their children's behaviour, say the researchers at King's College London.

The alien hunting team, dubbed Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (Nexss), will include scientists from 10 universities including Stanford, the University of California and Yale.

However, as Californian researchers recently found, long-distance running also boosts memory. It also increases a man's attractiveness to the opposite sex.

Nasa scientists in California have revealed an interactive 3D map for Vesta using images from the Dawn spacecraft. The map lets you see features on the surface (shown).

Researchers at McMaster University in Canada and the Swedish Museum of Natural History found that the last mammoths were isolated on an Arctic island for 5,000 years.

Futuristic technologies will revolutionise the way we holiday. Many futurists predict that space travel will become far more common and underwater hotels mainstream - in as little as 15 years.

Google partnered with Catlin Seaview Survey and the Loch Ness (pictured) and Morar Project in Inverness to capture the images. The site marks the 81st anniversary of the 'Surgeon's Photograph'.

London-based keyboard app firm SwiftKey analysed more than one billion sets of emoji data to learn how 16 different languages and regions use emoji.

Researchers from Huddersfield University discovered that by heating DNA until its bonds break, subtle differences between two strains can be identified.

The 1:2000 scale New London Model (pictured) covers 33 square miles (85 sq km) from Old Oak Common in the west to Royal Docks in the east. It goes on display at the NLA Galleries from tomorrow.

Paul Hellyer, who was a Canadian minister from 1963 to 1967, made the outlandish comments in a keynote speech at the Disclosure Canada Tour at the University of Calgary.

Researchers from Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Germany tested three different techniques for boosting the speed of so-called spermbots - robots powered by bovine sperm.

The billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist has defended meat eating, saying some of the environmental impacts of raising livestock have been overstated.

Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzho, China, tried to modify the gene responsible for -thalassaemia, a potentially deadly blood disorder, using a method known as CRISPR.

The pilot scheme will begin in May for Amazon Prime customers in Munich who drive Audis. A DHL delivery driver will receive a temporary digital access code, which is revoked when the boot is shut.

Scientists in The Netherlands were using the Lofar radio telescope. They found it could measure changes in lightning caused by cosmic rays (illustrated).

The event will be held at Tesla's Hawthorne, California, Design Studio on April 30. Earlier this year, Elon Musk (pictured) said the batteries should go into production in the summer.

Nasa scientists in California have released an image of distant giant cluster of 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 (shown). Massive stars are seen feeding regions of dust and gas in the image.

The Martin Burgess Clock B is based on John Harrison's (left) 18th century design. Its trial was at the Royal Observatory to see if the claim - that it would neither lose nor gain a second - was true.

The incredible-looking robotic head, known as Ham, has been drawing in crowds with his incredible range of facial expressions at the Global Sources electronics show in Hong Kong this week.

Washington DC-based Nasa has revealed 25 of the the 25 greatest Hubble Space Telescope images, to celebrate its 25th anniversary in space. Shown are the Pillars of Creation, by Hubble.

The dancers are made out of old car parts and were designed by British artist Giles Walker, with their moves controlled by a computer. There are on show in London as part of a technology event.

British scientists have come up with a set of robotic arms so sophisticated that they are capable of cooking meals from scratch, set to be out on the market from as early as 2017.

Artist Frank McKeever from Florida created the posters. He hopes to encourage our presence into the solar system - especially as our planet is vulnerable to cosmic disasters.

Can you blend the Apple Watch into a fine dust? That question has been answered by Utah-based company Blendtec's popular YouTube series (shown) 'Will it Blend?'

Varvara swam from the east coast of Russia to breeding grounds off the coast of Mexico, and back, without stopping to eat, experts claim. Stock image of gray whale is pictured

The images were revealed by Houston-based Nasa as part of the first colour map of Ceres, showing variations in surface materials, and revealing the diverse processes that helped shape it.

Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard has successfully flown Solar Impulse 2 from Chongqing to Nanjing in China (shown getting out of plane). The journey of 740 miles (1,190km) took more than 15 hours.

Vets are urging pet owners to check their animals for the pests, as a poll found half did not realise ticks can transmit deadly diseases to humans. The move is part of The Big Tick Project.

Scientists at Grand Valley State University in Michigan studied elite runners and found that women tend to prioritise other aspects of their lives like academic studies.

A Washington-based company unveils matches that burn in testing conditions. The £5.47 UCO Stormproof Matches use a coating that always smoulders.

A business called Edward's Snow Den has appeared in the US President's headquarters thanks to the clever work of internet pranksters.

Dr Mairi Levitt from Lancaster University argues that the genes that make up who we are, and the environments in which we are raised cannot be considered independently of each other.

Nasa scientists in Maryland are preparing for the arrival of New Horizons at Pluto on 14 July - humanity's first-ever visit to the dwarf planet. This latest image (shown) reveals Pluto and Charon.

Imperial College London claims the Roman general's symptoms, which included vertigo, dizziness and weakness in his limbs, were the result of mini-strokes rather than epilepsy.