Space Telescope Science Institute

There is a massive black hole in the center of almost every galaxy. How did it get there, and importantly, how does it grow?

TODAY at 7 p.m. ET, we'll discuss what new James Webb Space Telescope data is driving the biggest tensions in our understanding of the black hole phenomenon.

Big Black Holes, Bigger Problems — Mysteries from the Dawn of Time to Our Own Backdoor Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

The Hubble Space Telescope’s unique ability to capture high-resolution ultraviolet (UV) light is essential for observing the hottest, youngest stars and the energetic processes occurring within distant galaxies.

Hubble Sees Galaxies in Ultraviolet #Shorts High-energy ultraviolet radiation is mostly blocked by Earth’s atmosphere. But because we can’t see it, we’re missing out on some spectacular cosmic phenomen...

How did the universe go from hydrogen and helium to … everything?? That’s the big question astronomers are diving into during our annual spring symposium at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

We’re interviewing astronomers about the new questions raised by the James Webb Space Telescope, how its data is becoming combined with those from other telescopes to answer them, and other hot topics.

Credit: E. Wheatley/STScI.

One of the core community surveys of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, is expected to locate over a thousand exoplanets that orbit far away from their stars, beyond the orbital distance of Earth from the Sun. 🌎 🌞

Although Roman hasn’t launched yet, astronomers already are gathering useful supporting data by utilizing the Hubble Space Telescope, which could assist astronomers in analyzing Roman data.

Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center One of the core community surveys of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, is expected to locate over a thousand exoplanets that orbit far away from their stars, beyond the orbital distance of Earth from the Sun. Although Roman hasn’t launched yet, astr...