The Rocky worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT) at STScI, along with the external Science Advisory Council (SAC), have been hard at work to make progress on this exciting program, […]
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Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
The Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time Program
The Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) programme combines Hubble and Webb observations to search for evidence of atmospheres on rocky exoplanets orbiting around M-dwarf stars.
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JWST Summer School Virtual Registration Is Open
The inaugural STScI’s JWST Summer School will take place in Baltimore on August 4 to 15, 2025, and focus on High-Redshift Transients with JWST. The first week of the school […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Ice Giant, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Neptune, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, Radiation, Space Weather & Heliophysics
Webb Space Telescope Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time
For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating from the Sun, become trapped in a […]
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STScI Announces The JWST Cycle 4 General Observer Program
This follows the review of 2,377 submitted proposals by the JWST Telescope Allocation Committee, which made recommendations to the STScI Director, who approved the final selection.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
Stellar Cartography: Intricate Layers of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockwave reached the star’s […]
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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Summer School August 2025
The inaugural STScI James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Summer School — from August 4 to 15, 2025 — will focus on High-Redshift Transients with JWST. Early career scientists, new JWST […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Conferences and Meetings, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology
We are pleased to announce the inaugural open community conference for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, to be held at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC, from July 28‐31, […]
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The Light Of TRAPPIST-1 b Reveals New Insights On The Planet’s Nature
New TRAPPIST-1 observations with JWST underscore the complexities of confirming a planet’s atmosphere using only broadband thermal emission data. This insight takes on added significance with the newly approved “Rocky […]
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New And Improved James Webb Space Telescope MIRI MRS Photometric Calibration Now Available
The MIRI team has updated the photometric calibration reference files for the Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS), effective from CRDS context version 1263. This update reflects a more comprehensive analysis of […]