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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Hunting the Stellar Undead
December 3, 2024 LecturesSpeaker: Gregory Sivakoff (University of Alberta) Stars are born, and stars die, but not all stars fade quietly into the night after their death. In fact, some are even more spectacular in their death...
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Knowing Stars, Knowing Planets: Unlocking JWST Exploration of Exoplanet Atmospheres through New Stellar Insights
December 4, 2024 ColloquiaThe first JWST transmission spectra have revealed the properties of exoplanet atmospheres in exquisite detail but also a characterization bottleneck due to spectral contamination from inhomogeneous stellar...
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The Fate of Volatiles Through Earth's Accretion and the Moon-forming Giant Impact
December 6, 2024 LecturesDelivery and loss of volatile elements and compounds (such as water, carbon, nitrogen and the noble gases) during Earth’s accretion set the stage for the rest of our planet's history. Volatiles...
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Habitable Worlds Observatory at the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting
December 9 through 13, 2024 Science MeetingsThe 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting will include a variety of events focused on the Habitable Worlds Observatory. P24A - Atmospheres, Climate, and Potential Habitability of Rocky Exoplanets...
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New Views of Cool Atmosphere Physics and Chemistry from JWST
December 11, 2024 ColloquiaGiant planets and brown dwarfs are astrophysical objects with different formation locations – planets in disks and brown dwarfs (we think) in giant molecular clouds. These different objects transition...
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Webb Office Hours
December 12, 2024 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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JWST at the 245th American Astronomical Society Meeting
January 12 through 16, 2025 Science MeetingsThe 245th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting will include a variety of events focused on science with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as we prepare for Cycle 4. The JWST Calibration...
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Roman at the 245th American Astronomical Society Meeting
January 12 through 16, 2025 Science MeetingsThe 245th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting will feature a variety of events focused on science with Roman, such as town halls, splinter sessions, and iposter presentations. Staff will be available...
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Habitable Worlds Observatory at the 245th American Astronomical Society Meeting
January 12 through 16, 2025 Science MeetingsThe 245th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting will include a variety of events focused on the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Habitable Worlds Observatory at the NASA Booth January 12-16 During...
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Planets, Life, and the Universe Lecture
February 7, 2025 LecturesAbstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Jeemin Rhim (University of California, Santa Barbara)
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The Perils and Promise of Observations to Characterize Small Exoplanets
March 7, 2025 LecturesAbstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Johanna Teske (Carnegie Earth and Planets Lab)
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Transients From Space
March 11 through 13, 2025 WorkshopsTransient science is entering an exciting new era of discovery. The 2020 Decadal Survey named Time Domain Astronomy (TDA) as a top priority and NASA’s Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) Program is...
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Planets, Life, and the Universe Lecture
April 4, 2025 LecturesAbstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Peter Girguis (Harvard University)
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Inter+Stellar: Harnessing the Intersection Between Stars and the Interstellar Medium
May 12 through 16, 2025 SymposiaHistorically, stars and the ISM in the nearby Universe have often been studied individually. However, this past decade of research has shown that the most exciting advances in each field are powered by...