2013

• 5/7/2013 STScI-2013-19 1. STScI Appoints New Mission Head for the James Webb Space Telescope The Space Telescope Science Institute has appointed Dr. Massimo Stiavelli as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mission Head. Stiavelli... (More)
• 4/9/2013 STScI-2013-16 2. NASA and STScI Select 17 Hubble Fellows for 2013 NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) have announced the selection of 17 new Hubble Fellows. The Hubble Fellowship Program now includes all research relevant... (More)
• 3/13/2013 STScI-2013-15 3. NASA Helps Make Guinness World Record for Largest Astronomy Lesson at SXSW Looking up through hundreds of colored filters and spectral glasses, 526 people shattered the record for the Largest Astronomy Lesson. (More)
• 3/7/2013 STScI-2013-08 4. Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star You can't be older than your parents. But there is a nearby star that at first glance looks like it is older than the universe! Hubble Space Telescope astronomers... (More)
• 2/19/2013 STScI-2013-10 5. NASA's Webb Telescope to Have a Texas-Sized Presence at the South by Southwest Festival Everything's bigger in Texas, and a life-sized model of the world's largest space telescope, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope... (More)
• 1/23/2013 STScI-2013-05 6. Dr. Jason Kalirai Awarded the 2013 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize Jason Kalirai of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., has been awarded the 2013 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize. This annual prize from the American... (More)

2012

• 12/21/2012 STScI-2012-50 7. New Free E-books Available about Two Famous NASA Space Telescopes NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been providing astounding images of the universe since April 1990 and has led to remarkable discoveries. (More)
• 11/1/2012 STScI-2012-44 8. Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size are Friendly to Life Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according... (More)
• 10/29/2012 STScI-2012-46 9. Additional Kepler Data Now Available to All Planet Hunters The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., is releasing 12 additional months worth of planet-searching data meticulously collected... (More)
• 10/23/2012 STScI-2012-43 10. Dr. Kathryn Flanagan Appointed Deputy Director of STScI Dr. Kathryn Flanagan has been appointed the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. STScI is the science operations... (More)