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We Are Multi-Mission

We help humanity explore the universe with advanced space telescopes and ever-growing data archives.

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We Further Scientific Research

We envision, define, and operate missions that offer cutting-edge research opportunities for the astronomical community.

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We Inspire Through Outreach

We share scientific knowledge of the universe in ways that inspire, excite, challenge, and educate.

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  • Accurate Flux Calibration in the Era of Space Astronomy and All-Sky Surveys

    Accurate Flux Calibration in the Era of Space Astronomy and All-Sky Surveys
    22-25 Oct 2024

    Advances in space telescope technology and all-sky surveys are driving the need for more precise and accurate flux calibration across the observable spectrum.  The Space Telescope...

  • Webb Office Hours

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    24 Oct 2024

    The JWST User Community is invited to call into Webb Office Hours to ask questions and directly interact with a team of STScI JWST experts via WebEx. We welcome questions about the...

  • Pushing into the Cosmic Dark Ages with JWST

    Pushing into the Cosmic Dark Ages with JWST
    30 Oct 2024

    Pushing the Hubble Space Telescope to its limits at the end of the last decade has allowed astronomers to view the tip of the cosmic iceberg at a time only 500 Myr after the Big Bang....

  • Strange New Worlds

    Strange New Worlds
    1 Nov 2024

    Is there a universal divide between planets with and without atmospheres? Is it based on their incident fluxes and escape velocities? By studying exoplanets that span the cosmic shoreline,...

  • Exploring Cosmic Acceleration: Insights from DESI 2024

    Exploring Cosmic Acceleration: Insights from DESI 2024
    6 Nov 2024

    The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration is conducting a five-year redshift survey of 40 million extra-galactic sources over 14,000 square degrees of the northern...

  • The Invisible Universe and the Power of Citizen Science

    The Invisible Universe and the Power of Citizen Science
    12 Nov 2024

    Speaker: Eleni Vardoulaki (National Observatory of Athens) What's in the invisible universe? How can we best observe it? The international collaboration Evolutionary Map of...

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STScI's Astronomical Imagery Slideshow

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

NGC 3627

NGC 3627

Bug Nebula

A dying star shrouded by a blanket of hailstones forms the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302).

Small Magellanic Cloud

Small Magellanic Cloud

Stephan's Quintet

Stephan's Quintet

Faint glow within galaxy clusters

Faint glow within galaxy clusters

Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5

Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5

Horsehead Nebula (Infrared)

Horsehead Nebula (Infrared)

Heart of the Tarantula Nebula

Heart of the Tarantula Nebula

Westerlund 2

Westerlund 2