space photography
NASA Captures the Disintegration of Comet MAPS Near the Sun
Apr 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
In April 2026, a small sungrazing comet offered astronomers a rare and well-documented case of how fragile bodies behave near the Sun. The object, C/2026…
Dark Energy Camera Unveils Sombrero Galaxy in New Depth
Apr 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) remains one of the most structurally distinctive galaxies in the nearby universe. Its nearly edge-on orientation provides a clear view…
Hubble Celebrates 36th Birthday: 36 Breathtaking Images of Space
Apr 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been humanity’s window to the universe‘s wonders, capturing images that have reshaped our understanding of space…
These Drone Images Capture World’s Largest Optical Telescope
Apr 23, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Observational astronomy is entering a phase where progress depends on collecting area and angular resolution. Many of the key problems today, detecting Earth-like exoplanets, measuring…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is Ready for Launch
Apr 22, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA has completed the integration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, marking a critical transition from assembly to observatory-level environmental testing. Engineers combined the…
Hubble Photographs Young Stars and Jets in the Trifid Nebula
Apr 20, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a new high-resolution image of a compact star-forming structure inside the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20). This observation focuses on…
Subaru Telescope Captures a Galaxy Fading 20-Fold in 20 Years
Apr 19, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Deep multi-epoch imaging with the Hyper Suprime-Cam instrument on the Subaru Telescope has revealed a striking luminosity transition in the high-redshift active galactic nucleus J0218−0036…
NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Interstellar Glaciers Across the Milky Way
Apr 18, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have long suspected that the water inside planets begins its journey long before those planets exist. A new set of observations from NASA’s SPHEREx…
Chandra Captures Young Sun-Like Stars Dimming Faster Than Expected
Apr 17, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers use stellar X-ray emission as a sensitive tracer of magnetic activity in young solar-mass stars. This emission records how rapidly stars rotate, how efficiently…
Proba-3 Captures Faster-Than-Expected Solar Wind in the Inner Corona
Apr 16, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The acceleration of the slow solar wind remains one of the central unsolved problems in solar physics. Researchers know that this component of the solar…