Posts by Author: Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Soumyadeep Mukherjee is an award-winning astrophotographer from India. He has a doctorate degree in Linguistics. His work extends to the sub-genres of nightscape, deep sky, solar, lunar and optical phenomenon photography. He is also a photography educator and has conducted numerous workshops. His works have appeared in over 40 books & magazines including Astronomy, BBC Sky at Night, Sky & Telescope among others, and in various websites including National Geographic, NASA, Forbes. He was the first Indian to win “Astronomy Photographer of the Year” award in a major category.
NASA’s Chandra Maps 3,300 X-ray Sources at Milky Way’s Core
Mar 13, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
High-energy astrophysics relies on long observational records and carefully calibrated datasets. Over the past two decades, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has built one of the…
NASA’s IXPE Photographs Black Hole Jets in Perseus Cluster
Mar 12, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Relativistic jets from supermassive black holes rank among the most energetic phenomena in the universe. These narrow streams of plasma emerge from the vicinity of…
MOTHRA Telescope Array Unveiled: The 1,140-Lens Observatory
Mar 12, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers describe the universe as a large-scale network of matter shaped by gravity and cosmic expansion. Cosmological simulations show that galaxies assemble along elongated filaments…
Cosmic Steering Wheel: DECam Reveals the Structure of NGC 1269
Mar 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers classify galaxies by their shapes, internal structures, and stellar distributions. These properties reveal how galaxies formed and evolved over cosmic time. Spiral galaxies, for…
VLT Identifies a New Gas Cloud Orbiting the Centre of the Milky Way
Mar 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The central region of the Milky Way provides one of the most valuable laboratories for studying the physics of supermassive black holes. At a distance…
NASA’s Chandra Reveals a Hidden Neutron Star Merger
Mar 10, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Short gamma-ray bursts represent some of the most energetic transient events in the universe. Astronomers generally associate them with the merger of two neutron stars…
Listen to Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus: NASA’s Chandra Turns X-ray Data into Sound
Mar 4, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
High-energy astrophysics relies on measurements of radiation that the human eye cannot detect. X-ray photons, produced in extreme environments, carry information about temperature, magnetic fields,…
One Cosmic Eye with Two Observatories: Hubble and Euclid Capture Cat’s Eye Nebula
Mar 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Planetary nebulae provide direct observational evidence of late-stage stellar evolution in low- and intermediate-mass stars. These objects trace the transition between the asymptotic giant branch…
A Cosmic Hawk in Infrared: VLT Captures a Deep View of RCW 36
Mar 2, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On 2 March 2026, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) released a new near-infrared image of the Galactic H II region RCW 36. Astronomers obtained the…
ESA Scientists Photograph Annular Solar Eclipse from Antarctica
Mar 1, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On 17 February 2026, an annular solar eclipse occurred. The Moon, positioned near apogee in its elliptical orbit, aligned with the Sun and Earth along…