Shaoni Bhattacharya

Science journalist

Shaoni Bhattacharya is a science journalist and writer.

Recent articles by Shaoni Bhattacharya

An artist's impression of asteroids. Credit: NASA

Why do asteroids have such unusual shapes?

The Lunar Ark’s cryogenic storage could be powered by solar panels. Credit: 3000ad/Alamy Stock Photo

Could an ark on the Moon ensure Earth’s survival?

How dwarf galaxy Tucana II is changing our view of the early Universe

Kohnen Station Antarctica

What can Antarctic snow tell us about the Universe?

Does Jupiter's moon Europa glow in the dark? Artist's illustration. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Does Jupiter’s moon Europa glow in the dark?

Emperor penguins with chicks on the Antartic Peninsula. Credit: Raimund Linke / Getty Images

ESA’s Sentinel-2 satellite is hunting penguin poo from space

Artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disc. Our Solar System may have looked like this in its infancy. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

What is stardust?

Spiral galaxy NGC 1300, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The shape of galaxies: reconfiguring Hubble’s tuning fork

The Cigar Galaxy M82, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF).

How do galactic winds affect the evolution of galaxies?

An artist's impression of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft passing near Earth. Credit: JAXA

Hayabusa 2: Japan’s asteroid return mission

Artist's impression of a gamma-ray burst. Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/istock/getty images

What is a gamma ray burst?

To create an off-Earth habitat, water could be added to a basic structure to allow fungi to grow around its frame. Credit: Redhouse

Mushrooms on Mars: NASA could grow bases using fungi

Dr Simona Giacintucci

How astronomers discovered the biggest explosion in the Universe

An artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA

James Webb Space Telescope How will JWST observe the Universe?

A view of the Mayall Telescope (tallest telescope, right) at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab; © 2010-2019 The Regents of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

How the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument could solve one of the Universe’s biggest mysteries