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.
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Understanding Planetary Habitability using Exoplanet Atmospheres
April 4, 2023 LecturesSpeaker: Katherine Bennett (Johns Hopkins University)
Recorded live on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
Unveiling the Secret History of Dwarf Galaxies by Surveying their Pulsating Stars
April 5, 2023 ColloquiaDwarf galaxies are the essential ingredients in the buildup of large complex galaxies. They are relatively simple systems; yet their observed properties are somewhat at odds with theoretical predictions...
Exploring Early Earth and Habitability Using Ancient DNA
April 7, 2023 LecturesLife is a planetary phenomenon and it is tuned to the conditions found on our planet that enable its existence. What is tuned, specifically, is the chemistry that occurs within cells, and enzymes are what...
Exoplanetary Probes: Resonant Chains, Exomoons, and Tidal Dynamics
April 19, 2023 ColloquiaI will introduce the resonant chains: ~10 planetary systems with 2-body and 3-body resonances among the planets. Gas giants, sub-Neptunes, super-Earths, and terrestrials all belong to such chains. TRAPPIST-1...
YAE Virtual Family STEM Forum
April 20, 2023 Community EventsPlease join us to learn more about astronomy during our Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program event "STEM Virtual Forum" followed by an opportunity to get a preview of next month's...
JWST Observations of Accretion, Outflow, and Embedded Disks in Class 0 Protostars
April 26, 2023 ColloquiaThe Investigating Protostellar Accretion (IPA) program on JWST is focused on accretion in Class 0 protostars, and the interaction between their outflows and the innermost parts of their surrounding envelopes....
May PLS
May 2, 2023 LecturesSpeaker: Amanda Pagul (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Recorded live on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Red Giant Chemistry: Interactions, Interiors, and Galactic Evolution
May 3, 2023 ColloquiaRed giants can be great tracers of galactic chemical evolution since they can be studied to large distances. However, the mixture of elements they were born with can be altered over the course of their...
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life in the Era of JWST
May 16 through 19, 2023 SymposiaBuilding on the foundational work enabled by HST and Spitzer, one of JWST’s main scientific drivers is the study of the origins of life, from planetary formation and exoplanetary...
Astrochemistry at High Resolution Faraday Discussion
May 31 through June 2, 2023 Science MeetingsJoin us in Baltimore in May 2023 for this latest addition to the Faraday Discussion series. For over 100 years and 300 meetings, Faraday Discussions have led the conversation in the sciences lying between...
JWST at the 242nd American Astronomical Society Meeting
June 4 through 8, 2023 Science MeetingsThe 242nd American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting will include updates as the astronomical community prepares for the second year of science with JWST.
Roman Science Inspired by Emerging JWST Results
June 20 through 23, 2023 ConferencesThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, planned to launch in late 2026, will provide a simultaneous field of view 100 times larger than that of JWST and 200 times larger than that of HST+WFC3/IR, sensitivity...
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
June 20, 2023 LecturesSpeaker: TBD (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Recorded live on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
YAE In-Person Family STEM Forum
July 13, 2023 Community EventsPlease join us in-person to learn more about astronomy during our Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program summer event "Family STEM Forum" followed by an opportunity to engage in hands-on...
The First Year of JWST Science Conference
September 11 through 14, 2023 ConferencesNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched successfully on December 25, 2021 and formally began science operations on July 12, 2022. STScI — the science and operations center...