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New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes |
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Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has been a speck of light in the largest ground-based telescopes. But NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has now mapped the dwarf planet in never-before-seen detail. The new map is so good, astronomers have even been able to detect changes on the dwarf planet's surface by comparing Hubble images taken in 1994 with the newer images taken in 2002-2003. The task is as challenging as trying to see the markings on a soccer ball 40 miles away. |
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Around The Institute
Space Astronomy Summer Program
Each summer STScI brings around a dozen highly motivated college students to Baltimore, Maryland, for a Space Astronomy Summer Program. This program runs ten weeks, from mid-June to mid-August, and is designed for upper division undergraduates with a strong interest in space astronomy. Students work individually with STScI researchers and staff on research projects that might include data reduction and interpretation, software development, scientific writing, preparing data for public releases. Students attending the Summer School will receive a stipend. Read more...
2010 May Symposium
The 2010 May Symposium will bring together two communities of astronomers, those
studying resolved
stellar populations in the nearby Universe and those focusing on better
understanding the properties and evolution
of stellar populations in the highest redshift systems.
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Nix/Hydra Workshop
The principal objective of this workshop is to discuss our understanding of Nix and
Hydra on the fifth anniversary of their discovery, as part of the planning for the
detailed reconnaissance of the Pluto system in 2015 by NASA's New Horizons
mission. The workshop will focus on Nix and Hydra in the context of Pluto formation, Kuiper
Belt Object analog bodies, and the general topic of KBO satellites.
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Astrobiology Lecture Series 2009-2010
The Planets, Life, and the Universe lecture series brings exciting domestic and international speakers on astrobiology to the
STScI and Johns Hopkins University. The monthly lectures are highly multidisciplinary and cover a broad range of topics, from
the formation and evolution of exoplanets through early Earth history to pre-biotic chemistry, the origin of life and biological
evolution. More info...
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