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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 envision, define, and operate missions that offer cutting-edge research opportunities for the astronomical community.
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We share scientific knowledge of the universe in ways that inspire, excite, challenge, and educate.
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Reliving Roman’s Launch
STScI staff members shared some of the exhilaration and excitement they felt during Roman’ launch from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Find out how to submit a candidate story to STScI’s news team, and learn what we cover and how our process works.
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How to Image Alien Worlds
Speaker: Dr. Emily Rickman, European Space Agency / Space Telescope Science Institute Planets beyond our Solar System, known as exoplanets, are extremely difficult to observe. It’s...
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It Is Time for a Compact Object Paradigm Shift
The last decade has provided exceptional data on black holes and neutron stars: imaging of black hole shadows with the Event Horizon Telescope, precise measurements of neutron star...
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Webb Office Hours
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...
About the Institute
STScI's Astronomical Imagery Slideshow
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
NGC 3627
Bug Nebula
Small Magellanic Cloud
Stephan's Quintet
Faint glow within galaxy clusters
Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5
Horsehead Nebula (Infrared)
Heart of the Tarantula Nebula
Westerlund 2
