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.
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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Fast Radio Bursts: Enigmatic Flashes from the Distant Universe
November 11, 2026 ColloquiaAbstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Shami Chatterjee (Cornell University)
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Rocky Worlds DDT Workshop
November 16 through 18, 2026 WorkshopsJoin us at STScI for the Rocky Worlds DDT Workshop Data Challenge Results & Rocky Worlds DDT Science, a community gathering focused on the science enabled by the Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary ...
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Copernicus Revisited: Is the Earth Special?
November 18, 2026 ColloquiaNearly 500 years ago, Nicolas Copernicus published his disruptive theory that Earth is not the center of the universe. This "Copernican demotion" has held fast over the centuries, as astronomers ...
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The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies: Clues to the Nature of Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation
December 2, 2026 ColloquiaThe smallest and faintest galaxies around the Milky Way are the most ancient, most metal-poor, and most dark-matter-dominated systems known. These extreme objects offer unique access to small scales where ...
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HST Office Hours
December 3, 2026 Community EventsThe astronomical community is invited to join HST Office Hours to ask questions and directly interact with a Hubble Space Telescope expert via Webex. We welcome questions about the Wide Field Camera 3 ...
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What “Single-Star” H II Regions Say About Their Ionizing Stars
December 9, 2026 ColloquiaAbstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Aida Wofford (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
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A Multiwavelength View of Feedback and Outflows from Nearby Galaxies
December 16, 2026 ColloquiaStellar feedback is one of the largest uncertainties in star and galaxy formation models today, stemming in part from the need for observational constraints on the impact of different feedback modes and ...
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30 Years of STIS and the Future of UV Astronomy
March 17 through 19, 2027 WorkshopsJoin us for a 3-day workshop focusing on the achievements, prospects, and frontiers of UV astronomy. This spring marks the 30th anniversary of the installation of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph ...