Summer 2026 Events: What’s Happening at STScI
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Published July 23, 2026
Mark your calendar to join upcoming conferences, workshops, symposia, and other astronomy community events organized by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In this article, you will also find links to recent events. Click on the links for location, registration, recordings, and additional event information. View a complete list of past and future events. Most talks are livestreamed and posted on the STScI Research YouTube channel.
Upcoming Events
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Upcoming Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 24 to 28, 2026 | |
| October 5 to 9, 2026 | |
| November 16 to 18, 2026 | |
| March 17 to 19, 2027 |
Upcoming Lectures and Colloquia
| Date | Event | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2026 |
Matthew Burger (STScI), Adarsh Ranjan (STScI), James Muzerolle Page (STScI) |
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| August 12, 2026 |
Swetha Sankar (JHU), Timothy Brandt (STScI), Andreea Petric (STScI) |
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| August 19, 2026 |
Farhan Hasan (STScI), Lakeisha M. Ramos Rosado (JHU), Nimisha Kumari (STScI) |
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| October 8, 2026 |
Hakim Atek (Institut d'astrophysique de Paris) |
Recent Events
Find event summaries, reports, and recordings.
Recent Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 11 to May 15, 2026 |
The Metal-Poor Frontier: Understanding Low-Metallicity Stars and Galaxies Across Cosmic Time |
Recent Committee Meetings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 6 to 7, 2026 | |
| April 22 to 23, 2026 |
Recent Lectures and Colloquia
| Date | Event | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 |
Jimena Rodriguez (STScI), Rodrigo Angulo (JHU), Benjamin Gibson (STScI) |
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| July 22, 2026 |
Jayashree Behera (STScI), Jack Neustadt (JHU), Sanjib Sharma (STScI) |
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| July 21, 2026 |
Macarena Garcia Marin (STScI and the European Space Agency) |
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July 15, 2026 |
Qier An (JHU), Nick Indriolo (STScI) |
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| July 14, 2026 |
Planetary Defense: The Risk, Recent Achievements, and Work to Go |
Terik Daly (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory) |
| July 8, 2026 |
Alex Malz (STScI), Rebecca Levy (STScI), Chen Xie (JHU) |
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| July 1, 2026 | Natalia Oliveros Gomez (JHU), Steven Goldman (STScI), Justus Gibson (STScI) | |
| June 24, 2026 |
Elena Manjavacas (ESA for STScI), David Coulter (JHU/STScI), Greg Sloan (STScI) |
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| June 17, 2026 |
Logan Jones (STScI), Andrew Fox (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI) |
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| June 10, 2026 |
Jared Bull (JHU), Ryan Rickards Vaught (STScI) |
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| June 3, 2026 | 2026 HotSci at JHU/STScI |
Ian Wong (STScI), Chris Nagele (JHU) |
| May 20, 2026 |
Nora Shipp (University of Washington) |
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| May 19, 2026 |
Big Black Holes, Bigger Problems — Mysteries from the Dawn of Time to Our Own Backdoor |
Erini Lambrides (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) |
| May 6, 2026 |
Divergent Small Bodies: Interstellar Interlopers and Dark Comets |
Darryl Seligman (Michigan State University) |
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