space photography
This 570-Megapixel DECam Image Reminds Us of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
Jul 16, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
More than a century after Vincent van Gogh painted the “Starry Night”, the swirling patterns that made the masterpiece so recognizable continue to find echoes…
VLT Photographs the Faintest Exoplanet ever imaged from Earth
Jul 16, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have found another giant planet orbiting one of the most famous stars in the night sky. The new world, named Beta Pictoris d, had…
Hubble Discovers a Black Hole Hidden Inside Omega Centauri
Jul 13, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Globular clusters are among the oldest surviving structures in the Milky Way. These densely packed systems contain hundreds of thousands to millions of stars that…
A New View of Orion: VLA Maps Hidden Hydrogen around the Nebula
Jul 13, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Orion Nebula has long served as the ideal laboratory for studying star-forming processes. Located about 1,350 light-years from Earth, it is the closest region…
NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, and Blue’ Universe: Celebrating US 250th
Jul 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA has released a new set of images captured by the Chandra X-ray Observatory to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The collection…
NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Reveal Hidden Magnetic Fields in the Lighthouse Nebula
Jul 10, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Magnetic fields influence almost every energetic process in the universe. Despite their importance, magnetic fields remain difficult to observe directly. However, in a recent observation,…
NASA’s James Webb Reveals the Hidden Heart of Centaurus A
Jul 9, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The James Webb Space Telescope has spent the past four years exploring the distant universe. Its cameras have captured some of the earliest galaxies ever…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope Reveals the Dramatic Birth of Stars
Jul 5, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
NASA‘s latest James Webb Space Telescope image turns its attention to FS Tau, a remarkably young stellar system about 450 light-years away in the Taurus…
James Webb Captures a Galaxy Cluster Still Under Construction
Jul 5, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity. They did not appear fully formed after the Big Bang; they grew…
Rubin Observatory Begins 10 Year LSST Survey: An Ocean of Stars
Jul 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
After nearly two decades of planning, construction, engineering, and testing, the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun the Legacy Survey of Space and…