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Celebrating NASA’s 40-Year Legacy of Infrared Astronomy from Space
December 5, 2023 08:00 PMLecturesSpeakers: Robert Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Since July 2022, the world has been amazed by the incredible fidelity of the Webb Space Telescope's infrared view of the universe. Yet 2023 also marks anniversaries…View Webcast -
Improving JWST Data Products Workshop
November 14 through 17, 2023 09:00 AMWorkshopsThis workshop will bring together experienced JWST users who have improved, extended, or superseded the STScI calibration pipeline. The first two days will be a plenary session, where participants…View Webcast -
Making Astronomy Outreach Accessible
November 7, 2023 07:30 PMLecturesSpeakers: Timothy Rhue & Margaret Carruthers (Space Telescope Science Institute) The public outreach team at the Space Telescope Science Institute works to make astronomy exciting, engaging,…View Webcast -
The Detection of M-L-T-Y Dwarfs Belonging to our Milky Way Disks and Stellar Halo with the Roman Space Telescope
October 19, 2023 04:00 PMLecturesHow many low-mass stars are in the Milky Way? And where are these low-mass stars and free-floating planet-like objects in our Galaxy? One can use the High Latitude Survey with the Roman Space Telescope…View Webcast -
YAE In-Person Family STEM Forum
October 12, 2023 05:00 PMCommunity EventsPlease join us in-person to learn more about astronomy during our Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program event "Family STEM Forum" followed by an opportunity to engage in hands-on activities…View Webcast -
Exoplanet Characterization from JWST
October 6, 2023 12:00 PMLecturesWe are now one full year into the era of JWST, NASA’s flagship observatory and the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. Exoplanet characterization has historically been dominated by space-based…View Webcast -
Webb's View of Galaxies Over Time
October 3, 2023 08:00 PMLecturesSpeaker: Nimisha Kumari (Space Telescope Science Institute) The Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful observatory ever launched into space. With its unprecedented infrared imaging and spectroscopic…View Webcast -
History of the Roman Observatory Design, and Current Build Status
September 21, 2023 04:00 PMLecturesThis talk presents the history of the design of what is now the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope observatory. Significant evolution from the 2010 Astrophysics decadal submission to flight is traced, with…View Webcast -
Cosmic Shadows and Cosmic Structures the CMB as a Large-Scale Structure Experiment
September 20, 2023 03:00 PMColloquiaInformation about the late-time Universe is imprinted on the small scale CMB as photons travel to us from the surface of last scattering. Several processes are at play and small scale fluctuations are…View Webcast -
Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs): Progress, Open Questions, and Prospects
September 6, 2023 03:00 PMColloquiaA tidal disruption event (TDE) occurs when an ill-fated star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole (SMBH), and is torn apart by tidal forces. TDE observations offer a unique laboratory to…View Webcast -
Where Gas, Dust, and Stars Meet
September 5, 2023 04:30 PMLecturesSpeaker: Aleksandra Hamanowicz (Space Telescope Science Institute) Many who gaze at the night sky focus only on the stars, but astronomers see much more. The material among and between the stars, the…View Webcast -
Webb Space Telescope: The First Year of Science
August 8, 2023 07:30 PMLecturesSpeaker: Macarena Garcia Marin (Space Telescope Science Institute & European Space Agency) During the first year of its scientific operations, the Webb Space Telescope has opened a new window…View Webcast -
2023 HotSci at JHU/STScI
August 2, 2023 03:00 PMColloquiaFeaturing Intae Jung (STScI) on Lyman-alpha Emission as a Probe of Reionization and Sten Hasselquist (STScI) on Residual Chemical Abundance Analysis of the Milky Way SatellitesView Webcast -
2023 HotSci at JHU/STScI
July 26, 2023 03:00 PMColloquiaFeaturing Yuanze Luo (JHU) on A Multiwavelength View of Black Holes and Outflows in Post-starburst Galaxies and Chris Clark (STScI) on Super-Extended Multi-Parsec Dust Emission, and Strange Dust…View Webcast -
2023 HotSci at JHU/STScI
July 19, 2023 03:00 PMColloquiaFeaturing Kielan Hoch (STScI) on Moderate Resolution Spectroscopy of Directly Imaged Exoplanets and Beth Sargent (STScI) on Identification of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars in the Galactic Bulge.View Webcast
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