A Rain of Icy Particles Is Affecting the Giant Planet’s Weather The planet Saturn is…
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.
The amount of infrared light coming from TRAPPIST-1 b suggests that the planet is devoid…
Forecast for Blustery Winds, Smoggy Hazes The outer planets beyond Mars do not have solid…
Weather Report: Expect Scattered, Patchy Clouds Made Up of Silicates on Planet VHS 1256 B…
Wolf-Rayet 124: A Star in Transition Wolf-Rayet stars are a rare prelude to the famous…
Never-Before-Seen Spacecraft Collision Yields Unexpected Surprises In 2022 NASA embarked on a bold experiment to…
Young Stars’ Impact on Galaxy Evolution Explored With PHANGS Program The saying goes, ‘From a…
Mysterious Features Were First Seen Decades Ago by Voyager Spacecraft Since their discovery by NASA’s…
The Object Belongs to the Poorly Known Sub-Kilometer Category of Asteroids in the Main Belt…
Webb has identified frozen forms of a wide range of molecules, including carbon dioxide, ammonia,…
New Data Provides Insights Into an Early Era of Star Formation By peering into a…
Results Will Aid in Future Searches for Giant Planets in Wide Orbits Not so very…
The planet is rocky and almost precisely the same size as Earth, but whips around…
A Deep Gravitational Sinkhole Swallows Unlucky Bypassing Star Black holes have such a voracious gravitational…
A Window into the Early Universe Astronomers have discovered a nearby galaxy that is similar…
Orphaned Stars Were Lost into Intergalactic Space Long Ago In the 1960s sci-fi television show…
Researchers reconstructed the scene, finding up to three unseen stellar companions that may have shaped…
James Webb Space Telescope Captures First Medium-Deep Wide-Field Image NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…