space photography

    Hubble Spots a Spiral Galaxy Reshaped by Its Cosmic Neighborhood
    Jul 26, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Galaxy clusters are among the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe. Between their member galaxies lies an immense reservoir of diffuse gas heated to…

    NASA and ISRO’s NISAR Spots a Giant Hummingbird in Antarctica
    Jul 25, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Earth is constantly changing, but many of those changes happen too slowly or in places too remote for people to notice. Glaciers creep across polar…

    NASA’s ESCAPADE Captures a Family Portrait of Earth and Moon
    Jul 24, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Long before a spacecraft reaches its destination, an equally important phase unfolds in deep space. Scientists test instruments, fine-tune observations, and make sure every system…

    Chandra Reveals Black Hole Shutting Down Star Formation in Red Potato Galaxy
    Jul 21, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Galaxies grow by turning cold clouds of gas into new stars. This process has shaped the universe for billions of years, giving rise to the…

    ESA’s Euclid Telescope Captures the Oldest Quasar Ever Found
    Jul 21, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    For decades, astronomers have continued to push the boundaries of the observable Universe. Every new telescope has looked a little farther than its predecessor, uncovering…

    Hubble Captures Two Ancient Star Clusters of the Milky Way
    Jul 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed countless wonders over the past three decades, from towering nebulae to distant galaxies billions of light-years away. Yet some…

    This 570-Megapixel DECam Image Reminds Us of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
    Jul 16, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    More than a century after Vincent van Gogh painted the “Starry Night”, the swirling patterns that made the masterpiece so recognizable continue to find echoes…

    VLT Photographs the Faintest Exoplanet ever imaged from Earth
    Jul 16, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astronomers have found another giant planet orbiting one of the most famous stars in the night sky. The new world, named Beta Pictoris d, had…

    Hubble Discovers a Black Hole Hidden Inside Omega Centauri
    Jul 13, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Globular clusters are among the oldest surviving structures in the Milky Way. These densely packed systems contain hundreds of thousands to millions of stars that…

    A New View of Orion: VLA Maps Hidden Hydrogen around the Nebula
    Jul 13, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The Orion Nebula has long served as the ideal laboratory for studying star-forming processes. Located about 1,350 light-years from Earth, it is the closest region…