Events Overview
STScI hosts colloquia, conferences, lectures, meetings, symposia, and workshops that cover a broad array of topics of interest to the astronomical community as well as the general public. From this page, you can find current, upcoming, and past events of interest.
Use the filter bar below to search by specific event criteria including Type, Mission, Keyword, and/or Date. Click the Apply button to generate the query. Information and resources for each event can be found by clicking on the "Read More" link. All times listed are Eastern Time, unless otherwise noted.
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Galaxy Clusters As Dark Matter Laboratories
March 26, 2025 ColloquiaThe structure of dark halos carries signatures of their mass, dynamical state, and the nature of dark matter itself. Some of the most constraining signals can be found in the outskirts of galaxy clusters,...
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Webb Office Hours
March 27, 2025 Community EventsThe JWST User Community is invited to call into Webb Office Hours to ask questions and directly interact with a team of STScI JWST experts via WebEx. We welcome questions about the JWST Pipeline, calibration,...
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How to Reionize the Universe: Lessons from Low Redshift
April 2, 2025 ColloquiaThe reionization of the intergalactic medium (IGM) at z > 6 is one of the major transformations in the universe’s history, but we do not yet know which galaxies were responsible for this event....
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Special JWebbinar - Key Requirements for Submitting a Compliant Cycle 4 Budget Proposal
April 2, 2025 Software and DataThis JWebbinar will provide you with what you need to know to submit a compliant Cycle 4 budget proposal. The budget proposal process has undergone significant changes for Cycle 4. Join us to learn about...
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JWebbinar 40 - NIRCam and MIRI Coronagraphy: An Update 3 Years into Operations
April 3, 2025 Software and DataNearly 3 years into operations, we will briefly present an update on the performance and capabilities of NIRCam and MIRI coronagraphs during this JWebbinar. We will review recommended observing strategies...
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Animal, Mineral, Microbe: How the Interplay Between Abiotic and Biotic Processes Shapes Deep-Sea Chemoautotrophic Symbioses
April 4, 2025 LecturesLiving organisms evolve in response to one another, but also to the physical and chemical conditions in their habitat. Living things, via their activity, also shape the abiotic world. This is especially...
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Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future: Presenting Climate Science with Inspiration, Not (Only) Fear
April 8, 2025 ColloquiaMany people, and especially young people, express despair when it comes to the topic of climate change, which is unsurprising given that the media often portrays our climate future as a choice between...
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Supernova H0pe: The Multiply-imaged Standard Candle That Yielded a Value for the Current Expansion Rate of the Universe
April 9, 2025 ColloquiaWe present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Prime Extragalactic Areas and Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) observations in the fields of massive galaxy clusters. One cluster, PLCK G165.7+67.0...
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Webb Office Hours
April 10, 2025 Community EventsThe JWST User Community is invited to call into Webb Office Hours to ask questions and directly interact with a team of STScI JWST experts via WebEx. We welcome questions about the JWST Pipeline, calibration,...
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Star Cluster Formation, Binary Stars, and Multiple Populations: Missing Links
April 16, 2025 ColloquiaStars are primarily formed in clustered environments in giant molecular clouds. Stars are also primarily found in binary or higher order multiple systems. This hierarchy of binaries inside clusters, particularly...
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Witnessing the Formation of Planetary Systems
April 23, 2025 ColloquiaThere has been a tremendous leap forward in our understanding of the formation of planetary systems thanks to substantial advances in our observational capabilities. Observatories like ALMA are routinely...
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Webb Office Hours
April 24, 2025 Community EventsThe JWST User Community is invited to call into Webb Office Hours to ask questions and directly interact with a team of STScI JWST experts via WebEx. We welcome questions about the JWST Pipeline, calibration,...
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Spring Colloquium: Presentations from STScI Postdocs
April 30, 2025 ColloquiaPresentations featuring James DerKacy, Christiana Erba, Ivanna Escala, Chamani Gunasekera, Daniel Maschmann, and Adam Smercina.
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Joint JHU/STScI Spring Colloquium
May 7, 2025 ColloquiaAbstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Kimberly Ward-Duong (Smith College)
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Webb Office Hours
May 8, 2025 Community EventsThe JWST User Community is invited to call into Webb Office Hours to ask questions and directly interact with a team of STScI JWST experts via WebEx. We welcome questions about the JWST Pipeline, calibration,...