2017

• 1/24/2017 STScI-2017-05 1. Dr. Margaret Meixner and Dr. Marc Postman Promoted to STScI Distinguished Astronomers The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, has appointed Dr. Margaret Meixner and Dr. Marc Postman to the position... (More)
• 1/20/2017 STScI-2017-04 2. 'Our Place In Space:' Astronomy and Art Combine in Brand New Hubble-Inspired Exhibition Since the dawn of civilization, we have gazed into the night sky and attempted to... (More)
• 1/7/2017 STScI-2017-03 3. Hubble Captures 'Shadow Play' Caused by Possible Planet Eerie mysteries in the universe can be betrayed by simple shadows. The wonder of a solar eclipse is produced by the moon's shadow, and over 1,000 planets... (More)
• 1/6/2017 STScI-2017-02 4. Hubble Detects 'Exocomets' Taking the Plunge into a Young Star Interstellar forecast for a nearby star: Raining comets! The comets are plunging into the star HD 172555, which resides 95 light-years from Earth. (More)

2016

• 12/20/2016 STScI-2016-42 5. Festive Nebulas Light Up Milky Way Galaxy Satellite Two glowing nebulas in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is a satellite of our Milky Way galaxy, have been observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (More)
• 12/19/2016 STScI-2016-41 6. Space Telescope Science Institute to Host Data from World's Largest Digital Sky Survey Data from the world's largest digital sky survey is being publicly released today by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)... (More)
• 11/21/2016 STScI-2016-46 7. STScI Astronomers Nancy Levenson and David Soderblom Elected AAAS Fellows Nancy A. Levenson and David R. Soderblom of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, have been named Fellows of the American... (More)
• 11/16/2016 STScI-2016-40 8. Dr. Laurent Pueyo Receives 2016 Outstanding Young Scientist Award The Maryland Academy of Sciences has selected Dr. Laurent Pueyo of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, as the recipient... (More)
• 10/27/2016 STScI-2016-37 9. A Death Star's Ghostly Glow In writer Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," a killer confesses his crime after he thinks he hears the beating of his victim's heart. The heartbeat... (More)
• 10/21/2016 STScI-2016-44 10. STScI Appoints Head of Newly Created Data Science Mission Office Dr. Arfon Smith has been selected to lead the newly created Data Science Mission Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore... (More)
• 10/13/2016 STScI-2016-39 11. Hubble Reveals Observable Universe Contains 10 Times More Galaxies Than Previously Thought In Arthur C. Clarke's novel "2001: A Space Odyssey," astronaut David Bowman exclaims, "My God, it's full of stars!"... (More)
• 10/6/2016 STScI-2016-34 12. Hubble Detects Giant 'Cannonballs' Shooting from Star Great balls of fire! The Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star. (More)
• 9/26/2016 STScI-2016-33 13. NASA's Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa New findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show suspected water plumes erupting from Jupiter's icy moon Europa. These observations bolster... (More)
• 9/22/2016 STScI-2016-32 14. Hubble Finds Planet Orbiting Pair of Stars Two is company, but three might not always be a crowd, at least in space. When astronomers found an extrasolar planet orbiting a neighboring star, a detailed analysis... (More)
• 9/16/2016 STScI-2016-38 15. Barry M. Lasker Data Science Fellowship The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, announces the initiation of the Barry M. Lasker Data Science Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Lasker Fellowship... (More)
• 9/15/2016 STScI-2016-35 16. Hubble Takes Close-up Look at Disintegrating Comet Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami survived for 4.5 billion years in the frigid Kuiper Belt, a vast reservoir of icy bodies on the outskirts of our solar system. The objects... (More)
• 9/8/2016 STScI-2016-36 17. Dr. Nancy A. Levenson Appointed Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute Dr. Nancy A. Levenson has been appointed Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. (More)
• 8/11/2016 STScI-2016-29 18. Hubble Uncovers a Galaxy Pair Coming in from the Wilderness The galaxies in the early universe were much smaller than our Milky Way and churned out stars at a rapid pace. They grew larger through mergers... (More)
• 7/21/2016 STScI-2016-28 19. NASA's Hubble Looks to the Final Frontier Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the TV series "Star Trek" has captured the public's imagination with the signature phrase... (More)
• 7/20/2016 STScI-2016-27 20. NASA's Hubble Telescope Makes First Atmospheric Study of Earth-Sized Exoplanets The possibility of life on other worlds has fueled humankind's imagination for centuries. Over the past 20 years, the explosion of discoveries of planets... (More)