space photography
An Orbiter Photographs a Rover: NASA’s Photo Session on Mars
Jun 30, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Planetary exploration depends on more than powerful spacecraft and advanced scientific instruments. It also relies on the ability to connect observations made from different vantage…
JWST and Hubble Discover a Relic from the Milky Way’s Formation
Jun 29, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The formation of the Milky Way remains one of the most challenging problems in modern astronomy. The central bulge of the Milky Way contains some…
NASA’s Chandra Captures Unusual Supernova Activity in M83 Galaxy
Jun 29, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The evolution of a supernova remnant follows a well-established sequence. A massive star ends its life in a powerful explosion that launches an expanding shock…
Hubble Space Telescope Photographs A Cosmic Chandelier
Jun 28, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Globular clusters occupy a special place in modern astrophysics as they preserve some of the oldest stellar populations in the Milky Way. Their stars formed…
Chandra Captures the Sharpest X-Ray View of M87’s Black Hole Jet
Jun 28, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Supermassive black holes shape the evolution of galaxies far beyond their immediate surroundings. Although they occupy a region no larger than our Solar System, they…
Hubble Reveals How an Early Galaxy Helped Clear the Cosmic Fog
Jun 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The first billion years of cosmic history witnessed one of the most dramatic transitions in the evolution of the Universe. During this period, the intergalactic…
James Webb Captures Its Most Detailed View of the Cigar Galaxy
Jun 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced the deepest near-infrared survey ever made of M82. During a 65-hour observing campaign, JWST captured an extraordinary…
This is the Most Detailed Image Ever of the Milky Way’s Center
Jun 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The central bulge of the Milky Way represents one of the most complex stellar environments in the Galaxy. Millions of stars occupy a relatively compact…
James Webb Captures Strongest Evidence Yet for Black Hole Stars
Jun 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Modern age cosmology has made remarkable progress in explaining how the Universe evolved after the Big Bang. Yet one major question continues to resist a…
ALMA Reveals a Hidden Galaxy Nicknamed “Shadow Blaster”
Jun 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Over the past decade, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has detected dozens of high-energy neutrinos that originated beyond the Milky Way. These detections have opened an…