Roman Events
Events inspired by or relevant to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission are organized by STScI and other partners of the Roman Space Telescope project
Archived presentations and webcasts from conferences, workshops, and lectures organized by and held at STScI are available below. Use the filter bar to search by specific event criteria including Type, Keyword, and/or Date. Click the Submit button to generate the query. Information and resources for each event, including links to view the presentations (when available), can be found by clicking on the "Read More" link.
IPAC's Roman website also maintains an extensive listing of Roman-related conferences and meetings by all project partners.
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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 (PCOS) program has...
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Accurate Flux Calibration in the Era of Space Astronomy and All-Sky Surveys
October 22 through 25, 2024 WorkshopsAdvances in space telescope technology and all-sky surveys are driving the need for more precise and accurate flux calibration across the observable spectrum. The Space Telescope Science Institute...
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Cosmic Acceleration in the Roman Era
October 2, 2024 ColloquiaCosmic acceleration is one of the most surprising cosmological discoveries of the past century. Even the "simplest" explanations require new, cosmologically dominant energy components with exotic...
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NASA's Next Big Thing: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
September 3, 2024 LecturesSpeaker: Ori Fox (Space Telescope Science Institute) NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is readying for launch in late 2026. Roman will be able to survey the sky 1,000 times...
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Modeling and Performance Analysis of iEFC for the Roman/CGI SPC Mode
August 15, 2024 LecturesHigh-order wavefront sensing and control (HOWFSC) is key to creating a dark hole region within the coronagraphic image plane where high contrasts are achieved. The Roman Coronagraph is expected to perform...
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2024 HotSci at JHU/STScI: Getting Ready for Roman
June 26, 2024 Colloquia"Getting Ready for Roman" featuring Annalisa Calamida (STScI) on The Roman Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Community Survey, Rachael Beaton (STScI) on Roman & the Quest to find the Smallest...
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Roman at the 244th American Astronomical Society Meeting
June 9 through 13, 2024 Science MeetingsThe 244rd American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting will feature a variety of events focused on science with Roman, such as town halls, presentations, and iPosters. Staff will be available at the...
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Accounting for Spontaneous Charge Production in the EMCCD Gain Register
May 16, 2024 LecturesAn electron-multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) is often used for taking images with space telescopes and other devices. Photons hit the pixels and photo-electrons are created, and these are multiplied...
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Stellar Spin and Spots with Roman
April 18, 2024 LecturesRotation and star spots reveal insights to the magnetic lives of stars. Stars less massive than the Sun experience magnetic braking, slowing their rotation as they age. This spin-down should allow us to...
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Obscured AGN: Hiding High Growth at the Cosmic Noon
March 21, 2024 LecturesMost bulge-dominated galaxies host black holes with masses that tightly correlate with the masses of their bulges. This correlation suggests that black holes and their host galaxies may co-evolve or mutually...
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The Total Solar Eclipse of April 2024
March 5, 2024 LecturesSpeakers: Michael Kirk (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and John Maple (Space Telescope Science Institute) On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the United States,...
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Astronomy Re-envisioned: Investigating the Physics of Galaxy Evolution with Machine Learning
February 15, 2024 LecturesAstronomical imaging of galaxies reveals how they formed and evolved. While spectroscopy is necessary for measuring galaxies' physical properties, such as their cold gas content or metallicity, it...
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Simulation of High-contrast Polarimetric Observations of Debris Disks with the Roman Coronagraph Instrument
January 18, 2024 LecturesThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument will enable the polarimetric imaging of debris disks and inner dust belts in the optical and near-infrared wavelengths, in addition to the high-contrast...
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Roman at the 243rd American Astronomical Society Meeting
January 7 through 11, 2024 Science MeetingsThe 243rd 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...
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Transits in the Roman Galactic EXoplanet Survey (TRExS): Potential Breakthroughs in Exoplanet Demographics Enabled by Roman's Unprecedented Survey Depth and Volume
November 16, 2023 LecturesThe Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey (GBTDS) will monitor 100s of millions of stars toward the center of the Milky Way, providing a powerful dataset that can be exploited for a number of scientific...
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