space photography
Star Photographed with “Boring” Disc: MP Mus Surprises Astronomers
Jul 29, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers love to study young stars surrounded by dusty discs. These discs are the birthplaces of planets. One such star is MP Muscae, also known…
Watching a Planet Form in Real Time: ESO’s Stunning New Image
Jul 29, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For decades, astronomers have studied baby stars surrounded by swirling discs of gas and dust. These discs are the birthplaces of planets. But spotting a…
Hubble and Chandra Catch a Rare Black Hole Eating a Star
Jul 28, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA’s Hubble and Chandra telescopes have spotted something extraordinary. For the first time in years, they caught a rare type of black hole in the…
Gemini North Photographs Betelgeuse’s Hidden Companion
Jul 27, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Betelgeuse has always fascinated astronomers. It is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It shines red in the constellation Orion and marks…
Witnessing Birth of Planets: A Groundbreaking Photograph by ALMA and JWST
Jul 16, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
In a remarkable achievement, astronomers have captured the earliest phase of planet formation. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and NASA’s James Webb Space…
JWST Spots a Rare Beast: A Possible Direct-Collapse Black Hole
Jul 16, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has stunned astronomers yet again. This time, it may have caught something never seen before. Scientists believe JWST has…
Hubble Photographs a Time Capsule: Globular Cluster NGC 1786
Jul 14, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
ESA/Hubble has released a dazzling new image of the globular cluster NGC 1786 in incredible detail. This image became their “Picture of the Week.” Captured…
JWST Celebrates Three Years of Science: The Cat’s Paw Nebula
Jul 10, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On July 10, 2025, NASA and ESA celebrated the third anniversary of full science operations of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). To mark the…
Hubble Photographs a Lost Gem in the Milky Way
Jul 10, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For decades, a star cluster quietly hid in the crowded regions of the Milky Way. Its stars glimmered faintly behind thick curtains of dust and…
Two Telescopes, One Story: Hubble and JWST Photographs a Star Cluster Duo
Jul 9, 2025
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA has released a breathtaking new image. It shows two young star clusters in a nearby galaxy. The image is a joint effort by two…