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.
This is the Most Detailed Image Ever of the Milky Way’s Center
Jun 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The central bulge of the Milky Way represents one of the most complex stellar environments in the Galaxy. Millions of stars occupy a relatively compact…
James Webb Captures Strongest Evidence Yet for Black Hole Stars
Jun 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Modern age cosmology has made remarkable progress in explaining how the Universe evolved after the Big Bang. Yet one major question continues to resist a…
ALMA Reveals a Hidden Galaxy Nicknamed “Shadow Blaster”
Jun 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Over the past decade, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has detected dozens of high-energy neutrinos that originated beyond the Milky Way. These detections have opened an…
Hubble Captures A Swarm of Galaxies and A Cosmic Telescope
Jun 23, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Galaxy clusters sit at the top of the cosmic hierarchy. They represent the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe and contain enormous amounts of…
Chandra Reveals a Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center
Jun 22, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Galactic Center remains notoriously difficult to observe. Thick clouds of interstellar dust absorb visible light, hiding much of the region from conventional telescopes. To…
ESA’s Sentinel-3 Satellite “Sees” Europe’s Heatwave from Space
Jun 16, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
During the final week of May 2026, a large anticyclonic system settled over southern and central Europe and altered the continent’s thermal balance at the…
James Webb Reveals Young Stars in Orion Molecular Cloud
Jun 14, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope has released a new infrared view of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, offering an unusually detailed look into one of…
Chandra Photographs Hot Wind Escaping Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Jun 12, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The environment around Sagittarius A* operates under extreme physical conditions. Gas near the black hole reaches temperatures of several million degrees, while strong stellar winds…
ESA’s Earth from Space: Tulip Fields, Arctic Ice, and Volcanic Terrain
Jun 10, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Earth observation satellites now go far beyond producing weather maps and environmental datasets. Modern orbital imaging systems collect vast amounts of scientific information daily, utilizing…
ESA’s Proba-3 Mission Returns to Capturing Artificial Solar Eclipses
Jun 9, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The European Space Agency has resumed scientific operations for the Proba-3 mission after recovering the Coronagraph spacecraft from a prolonged communication loss and attitude-control failure….