Events Overview

STScI hosts colloquia, 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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  1. JWebbinar 48 - NIRSpec and NIRISS Calibration Update

    April 22, 2026 Software and Data

    Nearly 4 years into normal science operations, this JWebbinar will provide an update on the performance and calibration quality of NIRSpec and NIRISS. We will review the status of calibration and pipeline ...

  2. Unraveling the Dynamical History of Andromeda

    April 22, 2026 Colloquia

    The Milky Way–Large Magellanic Cloud interaction has reshaped our understanding of how massive satellites drive disequilibrium in their host systems — and Andromeda (M31) tells a strikingly ...

  3. Webb Office Hours

    April 23, 2026 Community Events

    The 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, ...

  4. Protoplanetary Disk Dynamics for Binaries and Planets

    April 29, 2026 Colloquia

    The processes of star formation and planet formation are intricately linked through protostellar and protoplanetary disks. Material from the molecular cloud flows on to disks, where an array of physical ...

  5. Divergent Small Bodies: Interstellar Interlopers and Dark Comets

    May 6, 2026 Colloquia

    In recent years, two entirely new classes of planetesimals have been discovered in the solar system: interstellar interlopers and dark comets. These still-enigmatic objects are challenging our understanding ...

  6. The Metal-Poor Frontier: Understanding Low-Metallicity Stars and Galaxies Across Cosmic Time

    May 11 through 15, 2026 Symposia

    Longstanding uncertainties regarding the nature of the low-metallicity (≲20% Solar) Universe pose significant barriers to our interpretation of the chemical and physical properties of the near-pristine ...

  7. Webb Office Hours

    May 14, 2026 Community Events

    The 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, ...

  8. Mapping Dark Matter with Stellar Streams

    May 20, 2026 Colloquia

    Abstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Nora Shipp (University of Washington)

  9. Webb Office Hours

    May 28, 2026 Community Events

    The 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, ...

  10. Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy from HST, JWST, Euclid, Roman, and Beyond

    August 24 through 28, 2026 Workshops

    Massively multiplexed spectroscopy is revolutionizing our understanding of the universe by enabling efficient, statistically robust surveys across large cosmic volumes. By capturing spectra for thousands ...