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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.

    Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)
  • We Inspire Through Outreach

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

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  • 2025 HotSci at JHU/STScI: Stellar Relics & Transients

    25 Jun 2025

    "Stellar Relics & Transients" featuring James DerKacy (STScI) on Type Ia Supernova Physics in the JWST Era and Patrick Ogle (STScI) on Introducing...

  • Webb Office Hours

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    26 Jun 2025

    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...

  • JWST’s Tiny Red Sources and the Big Questions They Raise

    Tiny red circles are scattered around an image of space with the text Deep Space Dialogues, JWST’s Tiny Red Sources and the Big Questions They Raise, Speaker Kevin Hainline
    26 Jun 2025

    Speaker: Kevin Hainline (Associate Research Professor, Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona) In its first three years, JWST has transformed our view of galaxy evolution....

  • 2025 HotSci at JHU/STScI: Nearby Galaxies (CGM)

    2 Jul 2025

    "Nearby Galaxies (CGM)" featuring Sapna Mishra (STScI) on Studying Diffuse Gas in the Magellanic System: Insights from UV and Optical Spectroscopy and Vida Saeedzadeh...

  • 2025 HotSci at JHU/STScI: Black Holes & Gravity

    9 Jul 2025

    "Black Holes & Gravity" featuring Chris Nagele (JHU) on Predicting X-ray Spectra of Accreting Black Holes from Simulation and Francesco Iacovelli (JHU)...

  • Webb Office Hours

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    10 Jul 2025

    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

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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