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NASA’s IXPE Photographs Black Hole Jets in Perseus Cluster
Mar 12, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Relativistic jets from supermassive black holes rank among the most energetic phenomena in the universe. These narrow streams of plasma emerge from the vicinity of…
MOTHRA Telescope Array Unveiled: The 1,140-Lens Observatory
Mar 12, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers describe the universe as a large-scale network of matter shaped by gravity and cosmic expansion. Cosmological simulations show that galaxies assemble along elongated filaments…
Cosmic Steering Wheel: DECam Reveals the Structure of NGC 1269
Mar 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers classify galaxies by their shapes, internal structures, and stellar distributions. These properties reveal how galaxies formed and evolved over cosmic time. Spiral galaxies, for…
VLT Identifies a New Gas Cloud Orbiting the Centre of the Milky Way
Mar 11, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The central region of the Milky Way provides one of the most valuable laboratories for studying the physics of supermassive black holes. At a distance…
NASA’s Chandra Reveals a Hidden Neutron Star Merger
Mar 10, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Short gamma-ray bursts represent some of the most energetic transient events in the universe. Astronomers generally associate them with the merger of two neutron stars…
Listen to Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus: NASA’s Chandra Turns X-ray Data into Sound
Mar 4, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
High-energy astrophysics relies on measurements of radiation that the human eye cannot detect. X-ray photons, produced in extreme environments, carry information about temperature, magnetic fields,…
One Cosmic Eye with Two Observatories: Hubble and Euclid Capture Cat’s Eye Nebula
Mar 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Planetary nebulae provide direct observational evidence of late-stage stellar evolution in low- and intermediate-mass stars. These objects trace the transition between the asymptotic giant branch…
A Cosmic Hawk in Infrared: VLT Captures a Deep View of RCW 36
Mar 2, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
On 2 March 2026, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) released a new near-infrared image of the Galactic H II region RCW 36. Astronomers obtained the…
JWST’s NIRCam and MIRI Reveal the Complex Structure of PMR 1 Nebula
Feb 27, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
By observing beyond visible wavelengths with infrared imaging, astronomers can trace both ionized gas and cool dust in evolving stellar systems. The James Webb Space…
ALMA Maps Milky Way’s Turbulent Heart in Its Largest Galactic Centre Survey
Feb 26, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Astronomers have unveiled the most extensive high-resolution view of the Milky Way’s inner region ever produced with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The new…