space photography
ESA’s JUICE Photographed Comet 3I/ATLAS 180 Million Kms Away
Apr 13, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
In July 2025, astronomers detected a faint object moving quickly through the inner Solar System. Within days, orbital calculations confirmed that the object did not…
ESO’s PoET Telescope Begins Operations to Detect Earth-like Exoplanets
Apr 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Radial-velocity spectroscopy has reached a level where stellar surface activity now limits the detection of Earth-mass planets around Sun-like stars. Modern spectrographs can measure extremely…
To the Moon and Back: NASA’s Artemis II Returns Safely to Earth
Apr 10, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded successfully with the safe splashdown of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026. The mission marked…
Artemis II Begins Final Return to Earth After Historic Lunar Flyby
Apr 9, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA’s Artemis II mission has now entered its final operational phase. The Orion spacecraft is returning from its lunar flyby trajectory and is approaching the…
Artemis II Lunar Close-Up Images: NASA’s Lunar Science Goals
Apr 9, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA designed the Artemis II mission as the first crewed test of the Orion spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit. A key part of the mission…
Earthset, Earthrise, and Eclipse: Photos from Artemis II Lunar Flyby
Apr 7, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
During its close lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew carried out one of the most important visual observation campaigns of the…
Artemis II Completes Historic Lunar Flyby: New Images of the Moon
Apr 6, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On Flight Day 6 of the Artemis II mission, NASA’s Orion spacecraft executed its planned lunar flyby and entered the most demanding phase of the…
Crew Portraits with Earth, and Moon Photos from Artemis II
Apr 5, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On April 4, 2026, NASA released a new set of photographs from the Artemis II mission. The images showed astronauts inside the Orion spacecraft looking…
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…