space photography
James Webb Opens a ‘Treasure Chest’ Filled with Young Stars
Aug 7, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Deep inside the Carina Nebula, a young cluster of stars is fighting its way out of the cloud that gave it birth. The region is…
Very Large Telescope Captures 44 Nysa: A Strange Three-Lobed Asteroid
Aug 6, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Asteroid 44 Nysa has spent nearly 170 years as an entry in the main-belt catalogue: bright, rocky, and difficult to resolve from Earth. Its diameter…
Rubin Observatory Captures 500,000 Galaxies in a Single Image
Jul 31, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For decades, astronomers have returned to the same small region of sky to answer some of the biggest questions in cosmology. Known as the COSMOS…
Metallic Waves on Mars: Mars Express Captures a Frozen Desert
Jul 31, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
A new image from ESA’s Mars Express orbiter has revealed an extensive dune field inside Kaiser Crater, a 180-kilometre-wide impact basin located in Mars’ ancient…
Very Large Telescope Captures the Clearest Image Ever of Betelgeuse’s Companion
Jul 28, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For more than a century, Betelgeuse has occupied a unique place in stellar astronomy. As one of the nearest red supergiants to Earth, it offers…
NASA’s Psyche Meets ESA’s Mars Express at Mars for a Photoshoot
Jul 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
For a few hours, Mars became the stage for an unusual event. Two robotic explorers, launched decades apart and built for completely different missions, observed…
Hubble Spots a Spiral Galaxy Reshaped by Its Cosmic Neighborhood
Jul 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Galaxy clusters are among the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe. Between their member galaxies lies an immense reservoir of diffuse gas heated to…
NASA and ISRO’s NISAR Spots a Giant Hummingbird in Antarctica
Jul 25, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Earth is constantly changing, but many of those changes happen too slowly or in places too remote for people to notice. Glaciers creep across polar…
NASA’s ESCAPADE Captures a Family Portrait of Earth and Moon
Jul 24, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Long before a spacecraft reaches its destination, an equally important phase unfolds in deep space. Scientists test instruments, fine-tune observations, and make sure every system…
Chandra Reveals Black Hole Shutting Down Star Formation in Red Potato Galaxy
Jul 21, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Galaxies grow by turning cold clouds of gas into new stars. This process has shaped the universe for billions of years, giving rise to the…