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.
ESO’s VST Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Gum 10 Nebula Image
Jun 8, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Massive star-forming regions shape the structure and chemical evolution of galaxies. Inside these environments, ultraviolet radiation, stellar winds, magnetic fields, and dense molecular clouds interact…
NASA’s MAVEN Mission Ends: Iconic Images by the Spacecraft
Jun 6, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA has officially ended the MAVEN mission after more than eleven years in orbit around Mars. The spacecraft spent over a decade studying the structure,…
James Webb Captures Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Jun 4, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane in the coma of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, adding a major new result to the growing field of…
Four-Year Timelapse of a Star Reveals a Planetary System in Motion
Jun 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Protoplanetary disks provide astronomers with the best opportunity to study the earliest stages of planet formation. These disks consist of gas and dust left over…
NASA Satellite Captures a Full Moon “Art” during Calibration
Jun 2, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Satellite images have become one of the most important tools for studying Earth. Scientists use them to measure glacier retreat, track deforestation, monitor drought, estimate…
Hubble Reveals Messier 88: A Spiral Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster
Jun 1, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a new high-resolution image of Messier 88, a massive spiral galaxy located within the Virgo Cluster, approximately 63 million…
Hubble Photographs a Faint Dwarf Irregular Galaxy ESO 490-017
May 28, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
In a recent observation, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured ESO 490-017, a faint dwarf irregular galaxy located nearly 23 million light-years away in the…
JWST Detects Massive Black Holes Growing Ahead of Host Galaxies
May 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope has identified one of the strongest pieces of evidence that giant black holes formed extremely early in cosmic history. Astronomers…
NASA’s Psyche Mission Captures a Timelapse of the Crescent Mars
May 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Remember NASA’s Psyche mission and the images of Mars it captured? Now, NASA has released a timelapse image showing the spacecraft’s approach towards Mars. The…
Join the Dots: Photographer Captures VLT’s Outline in the Sky
May 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
At the European Southern Observatory‘s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, adaptive optics has become an essential part of daily operations. ESO has equipped all four…