NASA’s Roman Telescope could finally expose the Milky Way’s hidden population of invisible neutron stars.…
Browsing: Space Telescope Science Institute
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is a world-renowned astronomical research center based in Baltimore, Maryland, responsible for the scientific operations of some of NASA’s most significant space telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). STScI plays a central role in mission planning, data analysis, and the archiving and distribution of astronomical data to scientists around the globe. Its work enables groundbreaking discoveries about the universe—from the formation of galaxies and stars to the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. This page features the latest research, imagery, and insights coming from STScI’s pivotal contributions to space science.
Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours…
Nearby Stellar Nursery Sheds Light on Massive Star Formation NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has…
Planet could be a gas giant, orbiting 1 to 2 times the distance between Sun…
What lies within a toe bean? According to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, mini toe…
The newfound planet represents Webb’s first direct image discovery of a planet. Nearly 6,000 worlds…
First Image Ever Taken of Exoplanet in Extremely Misaligned System NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…
New surface data from largest Uranian moons are contrary to expectations. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble…
Researchers found water ice throughout a dusty debris disk circling the Sun-like star HD 181327.…
Webb sees the aurora flickering, fluctuating, and undulating at Jupiter’s north pole. Auroras on Earth,…
Scientists Determine Atmospheric Makeup of Small, Hot, Gassy Sub-Neptune Planet Sub-Neptunes, planets smaller than gas…
Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky…
Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space…
Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from…
Uranus Findings Can Aid the Study of Exoplanets Now more than 30 years into its…
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark…
Unexpected, Bright Hydrogen Emission Caught Astronomers by Surprise In the early universe, space was filled…
Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant…