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  1. STScI Scientists Part of Collaboration Receiving 2027 Berkeley Prize

    September 17, 2026Release ID: 2026-407 Missions: STScI

    UNCOVER project revealed JWST’s “little red dots” as mysterious, dusty black holes in the early universe.

    A crowded galaxy field on a black background, with one large star dominating the image just right of center. Three areas are concentrated with larger white hazy blobs on the left, lower right, and upper right above the single star. Scattered between these areas are many smaller sources of light; some also have a hazy white glow, while many other are red or orange. Even without zooming in, different galaxy shapes are detectable, like spirals, ovals, and arcs.

  2. STScI Director Jennifer Lotz Elected AAAS Fellow

    May 04, 2026Release ID: 2026-404 Missions: STScI

    Dr. Lotz is being honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished leadership and scientific contributions to astronomy.

    A photograph of a woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a dark blazer, checkered shirt, and necklace against a colorful background image of a nebula.

  3. Dr. Gagandeep Anand Receives 2026 Maryland Outstanding Young Scientist Award

    April 30, 2026Release ID: 2026-403 Missions: STScI

    Anand was recognized for groundbreaking research that aids in understanding the universe’s structure and evolution.

    Gentleman with black hair, mustache, beard, and glasses, and wearing a dark blue, short-sleeved shirt, against a dark sky field featuring a multicolored sea of galaxies.

  4. Roman Space Telescope Science Platform Will Open New Frontiers in Space Science

    April 16, 2026Release ID: 2026-401 Missions: STScI, Roman

    With the release of the cloud-hosted Roman Research Nexus, STScI provides astronomers around the world an environment where they can prepare to work with the massive data stream expected from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman...

    Illustration shows a person whose hand is raised and close to the Roman Space Telescope body floating in space next to small white stars. Words at the top read: Roman Research Nexus.

  5. NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2026

    March 25, 2026Release ID: 2026-011 Missions: Hubble, STScI

    Fellows will work to answer three broad questions about the universe

    Photo montage of the 2026 class of the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program. At top center is a small logo with astronomical images that reads: NHFP. Title, centered below logo, reads: 2026 NHFP Fellows. Beneath, three categories of fellows are listed in groups, left to right. Heading for first is: How Does the Universe Work? Einstein Fellows. Tightly cropped portraits of 10 researchers in hexagons appear below. Heading for second: How Did We Get Here? Hubble Fellows. Portraits of 8 researchers in hexagons appear below. Heading for third group: Are We Alone? Sagan Fellows. Portraits of 6 researchers appear below. At bottom center is the label: NASA Hubble Fellowship Program.

  6. 2026 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize Awarded to STScI Astronomer Kailash Sahu

    January 08, 2026Release ID: 2026-402 Missions: STScI

    The award recognizes an outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics.

    A man with salt-and-pepper hair and a mustache, wearing a button-up shirt, standing in front of a photo of a nebula speckled with stars.

  7. 'Coast' Through the Cosmos with Webb at Dulles International Airport

    November 06, 2025Release ID: 2025-403 Missions: STScI

    Whether you are flying to another city or arriving home, a can’t-miss exhibit near Washington, D.C., will put you in a state of awe — and inspire you to learn more about the universe.

    Closeup of Dulles airport hallway shows several large-scale James Webb Space Telescope images hung on the left side.

  8. Traverse Across Space with the Interactive Image Tours

    April 29, 2025Release ID: 2025-301 Missions: STScI

    NASA’s Universe of Learning has released a new, dynamic way for users to explore NASA’s breathtaking images of the universe—ViewSpace Interactive Image Tours. These Tours are another unique experienc...

    Three astronomical objects, each represented as a cutout image separated by diagonal lines. The left cutout shows a colorful field of dusts and gases. One ridge of dust and gas is outlined with a dotted green line. Slightly below the outline, a bright red light is circled with a dotted green line. Three dotted green arrows point from the circled red light toward the outlined ridge. The central cutout shows one arm of a spiral galaxy. The spiral arm, a thick filament of dust and gas, begins near a bright yellow core and swirls outward, clockwise. There are pockets of pink, which are star-forming regions. All other details within the region are covered with a darkened overlay. The right cutout shows two jets of hot gas shooting out from central stars.  There is a white dashed line outlining a thick line of soft brown dust and gas, which is the edge of the nebula. This edge and its outline stretch from the bottom left of the cutout to the bottom-center before curving upward and ending at the top-right.

  9. NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

    March 31, 2025Release ID: 2025-012 Missions: STScI, Hubble

    The NHFP enables outstanding postdoctoral scientists to pursue independent research in any area of NASA Astrophysics, using theory, observations, simulations, experimentation, or instrument development.

    The class of 2025 NHFP Fellows are shown in this photo montage (left to right, top to bottom): The Einstein Fellows (seen in the blue hexagons) are: Shi-Fan Chen, Nicolas Garavito Camargo, Jason Hinkle, Itai Linial, Kenzie Nimmo, Massimo Pascale, Elia Pizzati, Jillian Rastinejad and Aaron Tohuvavohu. The Hubble Fellows (seen in the red hexagons) are: Aliza Beverage, Anna de Graaff, Karia Dilbert, Emily Griffith, Viraj Karambelkar, Lindsey Kwok, Abigail Lee, Aaron Pearlman, Dominick Rowan, Nicholas Rui, Nadine Soliman, Bingjie Wang. The Sagan Fellows (seen in green hexagons) are: Kyle Franson, Caprice Phillips, and Keming Zhang.

  10. STScI Astronomer Carol Christian Elected AAAS Fellow

    March 27, 2025Release ID: 2025-402 Missions: STScI, Hubble

    Dr. Christian is being honored by the AAAS for exceptional leadership in bringing astronomy and astronomy images to the broader range of the public, notably the seeing impaired.

    Woman with blue sky and puffy white clouds in the background. She has short blonde wind-swept hair. She is wearing dark sunglasses and a green tee-shirt with a V-shaped neckline and short sleeves.

  11. STScI Scientists, Engineers Part of Collaboration Receiving 2025 Berkeley Prize

    September 16, 2024Release ID: 2024-401 Missions: STScI

    Astropy Project provides open-source software used to analyze astronomical data

    A vertical mosaic of images shows the various photos, avatars, and icons for each of the more than 500 contributors to the Astropy project. The Astropy logo, an orange semi-transparent spiral with one end open, is overlaid on top.

  12. Dr. John F. Wu Receives 2024 Maryland Outstanding Young Scientist Award

    May 15, 2024Release ID: 2024-019 Missions: STScI

    The OYS award was established in 1959 to honor distinguished scientists 35 years old or younger working in academia.

    A man at image center with many green shrubs and trees in the background.

  13. NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2024

    April 02, 2024Release ID: 2024-016 Missions: Hubble, STScI

    Each fellowship provides the awardee up to three years of support at a U.S. institution.  

    The class of 2024 NHFP Fellows are shown in this photo montage (top to bottom, left to right): The Hubble Fellows (seen in the red hexagons) are: Michael Calzadilla, Sanskriti Das, Yue Hu, Wynn Jacobson-Galan, Madeleine McKenzie, Jed McKinney, Andrew Saydjari, Peter Senchyna, Raphael Skalidis and Adam Smercina. The Einstein Fellows (seen in the blue hexagons) are: Vishal Baibhav, Jordy Davelaar, Alexander Dittmann, Cristhian Garcia-Quintero, Amelia (Lia) Hankla and Keefe Mitman. The Sagan Fellows (seen in green hexagons) are: Jaren Ashcraft, Kiersten Boley, Cheng-Han Hsieh, Rafael Luque, Sarah Moran, Shangjia Zhang, Lily Zhao and Sebastian Zieba.

  14. What Are Hubble and Webb Observing Right Now? NASA Tool Has the Answer

    March 06, 2024Release ID: 2024-107 Missions: Webb, Hubble

    NASA's Space Telescope Live provides an interactive way to explore the most accurate, up-to-date, publicly available information on current, past, and upcoming observations by NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescope...

    Square image of a region of space, divided into two distinct, triangular-shaped halves. The boundary between the two runs diagonally from the lower left corner of the square to the upper right corner. Superimposed on each half is a simple white line drawing of a telescope. The upper left half consists of a drawing of the Hubble Space Telescope superimposed on a Hubble image showing numerous stars and a hazy blue to brown cloud of gas and dust. The lower right half consists of a drawing of the Webb Space Telescope superimposed on a Webb image showing numerous stars and a pinkish yellow to brown cloud of gas and dust. The Webb image shows a more filamentous and billowy structure.

  15. Dr. Jennifer Lotz Appointed Space Telescope Science Institute Director

    November 01, 2023Release ID: 2023-401 Missions: STScI

    Dr. Lotz will begin her five-year appointment as STScI Director starting February 12, 2024.

    A woman with shoulder-length, dark hair wearing a white shirt and dark blue blazer, with a natural background of plants behind her

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