space photography
OSIRIS-APEX Captures Earth and Moon Together: On the Road to Apophis
Nov 29, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Space missions rarely pause for a moment of reflection. They push forward, cross distances that feel abstract, and operate on timescales far from everyday life….
ALMA and JWST Reveals a Superheated Galaxy in the Early Universe
Nov 28, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers expected the early Universe to look simple. They imagined small galaxies, faint clouds of gas, and slow steps toward structure. A discovery, however, has…
Hubble’s New Look at N159: Young Stars Carving Bubbles in LMC
Nov 24, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Hubble Space Telescope has returned with a new image of N159, a large star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The scene is dense…
JWST Photographs Apep’s Spiraling Dust Engine and Hidden Third Star
Nov 23, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced a new and sharper look at one of the most unusual stellar systems in our region of the…
JWST Photographs an Oversized Black Hole in a Tiny Infant Galaxy
Nov 21, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
When astronomers looked at a deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they spotted a faint, crimson speck tucked among the brighter…
NASA Shares Eight New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Nov 19, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Interstellar objects are rare. But when visiting, they seem to challenge every assumption about how icy bodies form around distant stars. NASA’s newly released eight-image…
Hubble’s Portrait of the “Lost Galaxy” NGC 4535: A Busy Stellar Neighborhood
Nov 17, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NGC 4535 has carried the nickname “Lost Galaxy” for decades. Amateur observers gave it that name because the galaxy looks faint and soft through small…
NOAA Satellite Captures Mesmerizing Northern Lights from Space
Nov 16, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On 11 November 2025, Earth received a direct hit from a series of strong solar eruptions. The impact set off one of the most intense…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Returns to View with a Growing Ion Tail
Nov 14, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Interstellar visitors never fail to excite the astronomy community. They arrive without warning, move fast, and leave no time to waste. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the…
Solar Orbiter Reveals the Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field in Motion for the First Time
Nov 11, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For the first time, scientists have watched the magnetic field near the Sun’s poles in motion. Using data from ESA’s Solar Orbiter, a team from…