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.
JWST Spots the Earliest Known Supernova: Discovery of GRB 250314A
Dec 10, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers received an alert on March 14, 2025, and most of them treated it like another late-night gamma-ray burst notification. These alerts rarely point to…
ESA’s JUICE captures a detailed image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Dec 9, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers sensed something extraordinary when a mysterious comet called 3I/ATLAS first appeared in mid-2025. This icy traveler didn’t follow a normal orbit; instead, it zipped…
Markarian 178: Hubble Photographs a Dwarf Galaxy with Massive Stars
Dec 8, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Hubble Space Telescope has recently captured an image of a dwarf galaxy, Markarian 178. It looks like a soft, pale-blue blob hovering in the…
Hubble Space Telescope Revisits Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Dec 6, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
In late November 2025, the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze back to the cosmic traveller: 3I/ATLAS. At a distance of about 286 million kilometres…
30 Years of SOHO: The Solar Sentinel Photographing the Sun
Dec 5, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, better known as SOHO, left Earth in December 1995. Back then, no one imagined it would become a permanent fixture of…
Gemini South Marks 25 Years: Photographs the Butterfly Nebula
Dec 4, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The International Gemini Observatory has released its new image of NGC 6302, better known as the Butterfly Nebula. The new image marked a milestone. Gemini…
Cosmic Ballet of ARP 269: JWST Photographs Two Dancing Dwarf Galaxies
Dec 3, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope has released its December 2025 Picture of the Month. The target was a pair of nearby dwarf galaxies, NGC 4490…
The Cold Supermoon of December 2025: Here’s How to See and Photograph It
Dec 2, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
December always carries a quiet kind of magic. The nights stretch longer, the air turns sharper, and the landscape settles into a slower rhythm. This…
A Storm of New Stars: Hubble’s Sharp New Look at NGC 1792
Dec 1, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Hubble Space Telescope has released a new image of NGC 1792, and it is one of those frames that pulls you in immediately. In…
Euclid Captures Orion’s Dark Cloud, Revealing a Hidden Stellar Nursery
Dec 1, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission has revealed a new view of a dark and dusty region in Orion. The telescope captured an infrared image…