space photography

    Jet-Sized Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Tonight: See it Live Online
    Sep 2, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Tonight, on September 3, 2025, a newly discovered asteroid will skim past Earth at a distance closer than the Moon. The space rock, officially designated…

    Gemini South Photographs Anti-Solar Tail of 3I/ATLAS
    Sep 2, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    On July 1, 2025, the ATLAS survey in Chile spotted a faint, fast-moving object in the night sky. Within a day, analysts recognized its path…

    Hubble Photographs NGC 7456: A Spiral Galaxy Full of Surprises
    Sep 1, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    In its latest release, Hubble presents the spiral galaxy NGC 7456 in remarkable detail. The galaxy lies around 51 million light-years away in the constellation…

    Dust and Light: James Webb’s View of the Butterfly Star
    Sep 1, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astronomers have long searched for clear views of the earliest stages of planet formation. These stages are usually hidden by thick blankets of dust and…

    Chandra Reveals a New Face of Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant
    Aug 28, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Cassiopeia A (Cas A) has long been one of the most studied objects in the sky. This expanding cloud of debris is all that remains…

    A Dark Cloud of Creation: Circinus West Revealed by DECam
    Aug 28, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    In the southern sky, tucked away in the constellation Circinus, lies a vast stretch of darkness. To the naked eye, it appears as an empty…

    SPHEREx Maps the Carbon Dioxide Breath of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
    Aug 27, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    On July 1, 2025, astronomers in Chile spotted a faint object racing through the outer reaches of our solar system. The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is…

    JWST’s New Image Unveils the “Heart of the Butterfly”
    Aug 27, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered its sharpest view of one of the most striking planetary nebulae in our galaxy, the Butterfly Nebula…

    JWST Reveals the Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in New Images
    Aug 26, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    On July 1, 2025, astronomers using the ATLAS survey in Chile spotted a faint, moving object. Within days, orbital calculations confirmed something remarkable. The discovery,…

    A Hungry Planet Caught in the Act by the Very Large Telescope
    Aug 26, 2025 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    When astronomers discuss how planets form, they typically rely on computer models, indirect evidence, and years of piecing together theories. Direct proof has always been…