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’s New Image Reveals Two Edge-On Planet-Forming Discs
Apr 4, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Earlier this week, the European Space Agency released a composite observation showing two nearby edge-on discs surrounding young stars, Tau 042021 and Oph 163131. Because…
Artemis II Astronauts Capture Historic Earth Images from Space
Apr 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Soon after the Artemis II crew left Earth orbit and began their journey toward the Moon, they turned their cameras back toward home. What they…
NASA’s Artemis II Lifts Off for the Moon: Images of the Launch
Apr 2, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For the first time in more than fifty years, astronauts are again traveling beyond Earth orbit toward the Moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission marks a…
Hubble and JWST Team Up to Capture the Heart of Messier 64
Apr 1, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers study nearby spiral galaxies to understand how mergers reshape disk structure and regulate star formation across cosmic time. One of the best laboratories for…
Rubin Observatory Alert Triggers First Real-Time Follow-Up Observations
Mar 31, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have spent years preparing for the moment when the alert stream from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) would begin driving real…
Rubin Observatory Begins Continuous Monitoring of the Night Sky
Mar 30, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have entered a new observational regime with the commissioning of the real-time alert system at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. During early survey operations,…
Spring in Space: Chandra’s X-ray Views of Six Stellar Nurseries
Mar 30, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Star formation proceeds inside cold molecular clouds where gravity competes with turbulence, radiation pressure, and magnetic fields. These processes regulate how gas fragments into dense…
Hubble Telescope Unexpectedly Observes a Comet Breaking Up
Mar 28, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
In November 2025, the Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly recorded the early fragmentation phase of the long-period comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) shortly after its perihelion passage…
Amateur Astronomer Detects Near-Earth Asteroid Ahead of Major Sky Surveys
Mar 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Systematic surveys now dominate the discovery of near-Earth asteroids. Facilities such as Pan-STARRS and ATLAS routinely scan large areas of the sky each night using…
Hubble Captures the Internal Structure of Barred Spiral Galaxy IC 486
Mar 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a detailed optical image of the barred spiral galaxy IC 486, revealing the internal stellar distribution, dust lanes,…