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 Microscope Can See Inside Living Antarctic Cells at 0°C
Sep 28, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
A living cell from an Antarctic fish does not behave like one sitting on a microscope slide in a warm laboratory. Its proteins work in…
NASA Captures Earth’s Changing Seasons From a Million Miles Away
Sep 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Four photographs from NASA’s EPIC camera capture how Earth’s tilt and seasons change throughout the year, as seen from more than a million miles away….
Unboxing S50 Pro: The Latest Smart Telescope from Seestar
Sep 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
I guess I was not wrong to call 2026 the “Year of Smart Telescopes”. Towards the end of last month, Seestar launched its latest smart…
ESA’s New 50cm Cebreros Telescope Captures Its First Image
Sep 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
ESA has a new telescope pointing at the night sky from its Cebreros Deep Space Station in Spain. The 50cm instrument has now captured its…
Subaru’s Deep Image of M77 Reveals an Ancient Galaxy Merger
Sep 23, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
M77 has always been a popular target for astronomers and astrophotographers. Its broad spiral arms surround a bright central region, giving it the familiar appearance…
Photographer Captures Three Faces of the Moon in a Single Night
Sep 22, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
When you look at the moon on a full moon night, do you notice any changes? While a lot of changes are not apparent to…
MLAstro Announces Trinity: One Mount, Three Uses and More
Sep 22, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Packing an equatorial mount for a trip usually means making room for more than the mount itself. There are the counterweight, tripod, wedge, and other…
AI Takes Control of a Professional Telescope for the First Time
Sep 21, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
A telescope has to make hundreds of choices during a night of observing. Which target should it photograph next? Should it stay on the current…
These Images Capture the Youngest Exoplanet Ever Found
Sep 20, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
A faint point of light in old observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory has turned out to be something unusual: the youngest known exoplanet…
Hubble Finds a Spiral Galaxy Whose Centre Spins at a Right Angle
Sep 19, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Most spiral galaxies have a familiar structure. A bright central bulge sits inside a broad disc of stars, gas, and dust. Spiral arms wind through…