Introduction
Our Mission
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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.
Recent News
Institute Announcements
Current
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Call for Hubble Cycle 32 Bridge Programs
Announcing a special HST observing opportunity to propose "Bridge Programs" with ACS/WFC and WFC3/IR, in anticipation of likely operational changes in Cycle 33. -
What Are Hubble and Webb Looking at Now?
Check out the revamped Space Telescope Live to find out what Hubble and Webb are currently observing.
Press Releases
Events
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Exploring Cosmic Acceleration: Insights from DESI 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...
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The Invisible Universe and the Power of Citizen Science
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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The Robot and I: Learning the Evolution of Gas from Molecular Clouds to Stars
Star formation results from a complex, non-linear interplay between gravity, turbulence, magnetic fields, radiation and stellar feedback. Machine learning, combined with numerical simulations,...
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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...
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The Open Access Era of Exoplanet Characterization at the Onset of Next-Generation Telescopes
Abstract is forthcoming Speaker: Natasha Batalha (NASA Ames Research Center)
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
