The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, April 16-20, 2012

Friday, April 20, 2012 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

Into the Sunset We already saw a ton of beautiful shots of the space shuttle Discovery riding atop its Boeing 747 transporter to its new home in the Smithsonian. This might be one of the more poignant. NASA/Lorne Mathre In this week's roundup, we say goodbye to the space shuttle Discovery, hello to a bright purple crab, "yes please" to laser-cut nori, and "good god get that thing away from me" to an orb-weaver spider. More amazing images from the past week in the gallery below. Click to launch the gallery.

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