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Hubble Cycle 34 Proposal Selection and Science Preview

Explore an in-depth article about the Cycle 34 proposal review, including changes for Cycle 35, and preview its upcoming science.
Reliving Roman’s Launch

STScI staff members shared some of the exhilaration and excitement they felt during Roman’ launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

NASA’s Hubble Uncovers Case of Missing Oxygen in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies

November 02, 2026
Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb

October 29, 2026

$Visible-light image of the Cat’s Head Nebula by the Hubble Space Telescope. A dark brown, opaque filament of dust is in the center, stretching from the bottom to almost the very top. It has a narrow, irregular shape that resembles a cat sitting with its back toward the viewer. The cat’s head is turned toward the right, revealing a red glowing eye. The background is bright blue. The image is dotted with many small stars. Some larger stars with the telescope’s characteristic four-point diffraction spikes are scattered in the background and foreground.$
Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin

October 08, 2026

$A field full of small galaxies of all shapes against the blackness of space. A few bright white stars show 8 prominent diffraction spikes. A small galaxy at lower right is highlighted with a white box. A shaded triangle extends upward to the corners of a larger box showing a zoom in of the region. Two fuzzy, light blue blobs are at center, with a larger and brighter one at top. Just above the top blob is a white crosshair showing the location where a fast radio burst was detected.$

Secrets of the Cigar: JWST Unveils the Prototype Starburst Galaxy

10 Nov 2026

Speaker: Adam Smercina, Tufts University The Cigar Galaxy, a.k.a Messier 82 (M82), is the prototype for a unique class of galaxies: starbursts. Starburst galaxies are undergoing rampant...
Webb Office Hours

12 Nov 2026

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...
Rocky Worlds DDT Workshop

16-18 Nov 2026

Join 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...