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Expanding the Frontiers of Space Astronomy
The Space Telescope Science Institute helps humanity explore the universe with advanced space telescopes and ever-growing data archives from its Baltimore, Maryland, headquarters. This video highlights six images from two of its missions, the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. Each image is momentarily shown before it quickly transforms into slimmed down, cropped versions and moves off screen. The video’s images, in order, are as follows: 1) Webb and Hubble image of two spiral galaxies; NGC 2207 on the right spreads its spiral arms to the edges, and IC 2163 on the left is half the size. Together they take the shape of a colorful beaded mask. 2) Webb's image of Jupiter in enhanced color features the planet’s famous Great Red Spot (pink in this image) and swirling horizontal stripes of green, periwinkle, light pink, and cream. The northern and southern poles glow green with bright red auroras. 3) Hubble image of Galaxy LEDA 1313424, a nearly face-in galaxy nicknamed the Bullseye with several pronounced rings, and a small blue dwarf galaxy with many dots. 4) Webb's image of Galaxy Cluster G165 displays a black background scattered with hundreds of small galaxies of different shapes and colors. Some galaxies appear to be stretched into red arcs or mirror imaged. A cluster of a few white galaxies look like a glowing orb. 5) Hubble's image of the Andromeda galaxy showcases the nearly edge-on spiral galaxy, spread across the width. Its bright yellowish central core is laced with dark, dusty filamentary clouds and bluish outer edges 6) Webbs's image of the Serpens Nebula a young star-forming region filled with wispy orange, red, and blue layers of gas and dust. It features an eye-shaped crevice with a bright star with diffraction spikes at the center, and a bright star that has an hourglass shadow above and below it.
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Our Mission
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* ### [We Are Multi-Mission](/what-we-do)
We help humanity explore the universe with advanced space telescopes and ever-growing data archives.
* ### [We Further Scientific Research](/stsci-research)
We envision, define, and operate missions that offer cutting-edge research opportunities for the astronomical community.
* ### [We Inspire Through Outreach](/communications-and-outreach)
We share scientific knowledge of the universe in ways that inspire, excite, challenge, and educate.
Recent News
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Institute Announcements
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### Current
* #### [2024 Annual Report](/who-we-are/stsci-annual-reports)
Last year, Hubble and Webb delivered top-tier science, and preparations for Roman’s launch and operations continued. Explore It All!
* #### [STScI Newsletter: Three AAS-Related Articles](/news/newsletters)
Learn about STScI’s involvement at the 245th AAS Meeting, January 12-16, at National Harbor, MD. Read the Articles
* #### [HST Cycle 33 Call for Proposals Released](https://hst-docs.stsci.edu/hsp/hubble-space-telescope-call-for-proposals-for-cycle-33)
We are pleased to announce the release of the Cycle 33 Call for Proposals for the Hubble Space Telescope. The proposal deadline is April 10, 2025. Read the Documentation
* #### [What Are Hubble and Webb Looking at Now?](https://spacetelescopelive.org/)
Check out the revamped Space Telescope Live to find out what Hubble and Webb are currently observing. Start Exploring
Press Releases
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* ### [NASA's Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide](/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-114)
March 17, 2025
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* ### [NASA's Webb Peers Deeper into Mysterious Flame Nebula](/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-105)
March 10, 2025
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* ### [NASA Webb Wows With Incredible Detail in Actively Forming Star System](/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-111)
March 07, 2025
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Events
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* ### [Galaxy Clusters As Dark Matter Laboratories](/contents/events/stsci/2025/march/galaxy-clusters-as-dark-matter-laboratories)
26 Mar 2025
The structure of dark halos carries signatures of their mass, dynamical state, and the nature of dark matter itself. Some of the most constraining signals can be found in the outskirts...
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* ### [Webb Office Hours](/contents/events/jwst/2025/march/webb-office-hours-1)
27 Mar 2025
The 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...
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* ### [How to Reionize the Universe: Lessons from Low Redshift](/contents/events/stsci/2025/april/how-to-reionize-the-universe-lessons-from-low-redshift)
2 Apr 2025
The reionization of the intergalactic medium (IGM) at z > 6 is one of the major transformations in the universe’s history, but we do not yet know which galaxies were responsible...
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* ### [JWebbinar 40 - NIRCam and MIRI Coronagraphy: An Update 3 Years into Operations](/contents/events/jwst/2025/april/jwebbinar-40-nircam-and-miri-coronagraphy-an-update-3-years-into-operations)
3 Apr 2025
Nearly 3 years into operations, we will briefly present an update on the performance and capabilities of NIRCam and MIRI coronagraphs during this JWebbinar. We will review recommended...
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* ### [Animal, Mineral, Microbe: How the Interplay Between Abiotic and Biotic Processes Shapes Deep-Sea Chemoautotrophic Symbioses](/contents/events/ipl/2025/animal-mineral-microbe-how-the-interplay-between-abiotic-and-biotic-processes-shapes-deep-sea-chemoa)
4 Apr 2025
Living organisms evolve in response to one another, but also to the physical and chemical conditions in their habitat. Living things, via their activity, also shape the abiotic world....
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* ### [The Discovery of the Multiply-imaged Standard Candle "SN H0pe" as a part of the JWST GTO PEARLS Program](/contents/events/stsci/2025/april/the-discovery-of-the-multiply-imaged-standard-candle-sn-h0pe-as-a-part-of-the-jwst-gto-pearls-progra)
9 Apr 2025
Abstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Brenda Frye (The University of Arizona)
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About the Institute
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### STScI's Astronomical Imagery Slideshow
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#### Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
#### NGC 3627
#### Bug Nebula
#### Small Magellanic Cloud
#### Stephan's Quintet
#### Faint glow within galaxy clusters
#### Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5
#### Horsehead Nebula (Infrared)
#### Heart of the Tarantula Nebula
#### Westerlund 2
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