Posts by Author: Soumyadeep Mukherjee

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.

    Hubble Celebrates 36th Birthday: 36 Breathtaking Images of Space
    Apr 24, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    For over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been humanity’s window to the universe‘s wonders, capturing images that have reshaped our understanding of space…

    These Drone Images Capture World’s Largest Optical Telescope
    Apr 23, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Observational astronomy is entering a phase where progress depends on collecting area and angular resolution. Many of the key problems today, detecting Earth-like exoplanets, measuring…

    NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is Ready for Launch
    Apr 22, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    NASA has completed the integration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, marking a critical transition from assembly to observatory-level environmental testing. Engineers combined the…

    WarpAstron WD15E Harmonic Drive Mount: A New Servo-Driven Platform
    Apr 21, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astrophotography mounts are increasingly relying on strain-wave transmission systems combined with servo motor control to achieve high tracking precision in a compact mechanical structures. The…

    Hubble Photographs Young Stars and Jets in the Trifid Nebula
    Apr 20, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a new high-resolution image of a compact star-forming structure inside the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20). This observation focuses on…

    Subaru Telescope Captures a Galaxy Fading 20-Fold in 20 Years
    Apr 19, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Deep multi-epoch imaging with the Hyper Suprime-Cam instrument on the Subaru Telescope has revealed a striking luminosity transition in the high-redshift active galactic nucleus J0218−0036…

    NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Interstellar Glaciers Across the Milky Way
    Apr 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astronomers have long suspected that the water inside planets begins its journey long before those planets exist. A new set of observations from NASA’s SPHEREx…

    Chandra Captures Young Sun-Like Stars Dimming Faster Than Expected
    Apr 17, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astronomers use stellar X-ray emission as a sensitive tracer of magnetic activity in young solar-mass stars. This emission records how rapidly stars rotate, how efficiently…

    Proba-3 Captures Faster-Than-Expected Solar Wind in the Inner Corona
    Apr 16, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The acceleration of the slow solar wind remains one of the central unsolved problems in solar physics. Researchers know that this component of the solar…

    DESI Completes the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Ever Created
    Apr 15, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astronomers study the expansion history of the Universe by measuring how galaxies trace large-scale structure across cosmic time. Spectroscopic redshift surveys provide the most reliable…