
Shreejaya Karantha
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.
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Space photo of the week: The last view of the 'Great Comet of 2025' for half a million yearsBeautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines brightly after its last approach to the sun for hundreds of thousands of years.
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious 'light echo' in the broken heart of CassiopeiaBeautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead star in Cassiopeia.
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Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of timeAfter hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" connecting two distant galaxies. The discovery opens new windows for understanding how structures form and evolve in the universe.
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Space photo of the week: Look into Titan's 'eye,' 20 years after the Huygens spacecraft's historic landing on Saturn's largest moonTwenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched down on Titan.
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Space photo of the week: Hubble celebrates 10 years of hunting giantsBehold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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Space photo of the week: Hubble captures a cosmic snow angel created by a bright, young starCreated 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.
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Space photo of the week: Hubble uncovers the true identity of an odd galaxy — and it's not spiral or ellipticalThe Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its classification.
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Space photo of the week: Stare into the 'bloodshot eyes' of a haunting galaxy pairThe 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.
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