Shreejaya Karantha

Shreejaya Karantha

Live Science contributor

Shreejaya Karantha is a science writer specializing in astronomy, covering topics such as the sun, planetary science, stellar evolution, black holes, and early universe cosmology. Based in India, she works as a writer and research specialist at The Secrets of the Universe, where she contributes to scripts for research-based and explainer videos. Shreejaya holds a bachelor's degree in science and a master's degree in physics with a specialization in astrophysics.

Latest articles by Shreejaya Karantha

Montage of NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of our solar system's four giant outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, each shown in enhanced color.

Space photo of the week: Hubble celebrates 10 years of hunting giants

By Shreejaya Karantha published

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Space
The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel.

Space photo of the week: Hubble captures a cosmic snow angel created by a bright, young star

By Shreejaya Karantha published

Created by a young star, the bipolar star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 in this Hubble image depicts how intense the star-formation process can get.

Space
An image of NGC 4694, a smooth, glowing galaxy shaped like an ellipse with barely any star formation

Space photo of the week: Hubble uncovers the true identity of an odd galaxy — and it's not spiral or elliptical

By Shreejaya Karantha published

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its classification.

Astronomy
Two intertwined spiral galaxies with a red hue and eye-like shape

Space photo of the week: Stare into the 'bloodshot eyes' of a haunting galaxy pair

By Shreejaya Karantha published

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope recently released a chilling view of two spiral galaxies, IC 2163 and NGC 2207, merging into one.

Astronomy
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