space photography

    To the Moon and Back: NASA’s Artemis II Returns Safely to Earth
    Apr 10, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded successfully with the safe splashdown of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026. The mission marked…

    Artemis II Begins Final Return to Earth After Historic Lunar Flyby
    Apr 9, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    NASA’s Artemis II mission has now entered its final operational phase. The Orion spacecraft is returning from its lunar flyby trajectory and is approaching the…

    Artemis II Lunar Close-Up Images: NASA’s Lunar Science Goals
    Apr 9, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    NASA designed the Artemis II mission as the first crewed test of the Orion spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit. A key part of the mission…

    Earthset, Earthrise, and Eclipse: Photos from Artemis II Lunar Flyby
    Apr 7, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    During its close lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew carried out one of the most important visual observation campaigns of the…

    Artemis II Completes Historic Lunar Flyby: New Images of the Moon
    Apr 6, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    On Flight Day 6 of the Artemis II mission, NASA’s Orion spacecraft executed its planned lunar flyby and entered the most demanding phase of the…

    Crew Portraits with Earth, and Moon Photos from Artemis II
    Apr 5, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    On April 4, 2026, NASA released a new set of photographs from the Artemis II mission. The images showed astronauts inside the Orion spacecraft looking…

    JWST’s New Image Reveals Two Edge-On Planet-Forming Discs
    Apr 4, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Earlier this week, the European Space Agency released a composite observation showing two nearby edge-on discs surrounding young stars, Tau 042021 and Oph 163131. Because…

    Artemis II Astronauts Capture Historic Earth Images from Space
    Apr 3, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Soon after the Artemis II crew left Earth orbit and began their journey toward the Moon, they turned their cameras back toward home. What they…

    NASA’s Artemis II Lifts Off for the Moon: Images of the Launch
    Apr 2, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    For the first time in more than fifty years, astronauts are again traveling beyond Earth orbit toward the Moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission marks a…

    Hubble and JWST Team Up to Capture the Heart of Messier 64
    Apr 1, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Astronomers study nearby spiral galaxies to understand how mergers reshape disk structure and regulate star formation across cosmic time. One of the best laboratories for…