This 3-D visualization flies across a small portion of the Veil Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This region is a small part of a huge expanding remnant from a star that exploded many thousands of years ago. 🔭 🧪

The brightest point in this Hubble image of FS Tau is a binary system, consisting of two stars orbiting each other, that have cleared much of its surrounding dust and gas away. Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt (NASA JPL), G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America). 🔭 🧪

Get excited about the future of STEM with an afternoon full of future-focused hands-on discovery at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore. STScI staff will deliver #NASAWebb and Roman telescope science content during the “Invent the Future” event on Saturday, November 15. 🔭 🧪

Watch this visualization of the supernova remnant known as SNR 0509-67.5. The delicate sphere of gas, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, is the result of gas that is being shocked by the expanding blast wave from a supernova. 🔭 🧪

“This record-breaking response reflects Webb’s exceptional performance and unprecedented capacity to inspire the scientific community and to transform our understanding of the universe,” said STScI Director Jen Lotz. 🔭 ☄️

The demand to use #NASAWebb shows no signs of slowing! For its fifth year, researchers around the world submitted a record-breaking 2,900+ proposals. The types of requests show astronomers are ready to answer even bolder scientific questions: https://bit.ly/4nYC0LS 🔭 🧪

STScI has three goals: 1) to excel in the science operations of NASA's current and future astrophysics missions; 2) to advance astronomical research, archives, and tools for scientific discovery; and 3) to make astronomical information accessible to all: https://www.stsci.edu/ 🔭 🧪

STScI has three goals: 1) to excel in the science operations of NASA's current and future astrophysics missions; 2) to advance astronomical research, archives, and tools for scientific discovery; and 3) to make astronomical information accessible to all: https://www.stsci.edu/ 🔭 🧪

Our fascinating Public Lecture Series is now on YouTube! 👀 We currently have the 2022-2025 lectures available to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm0MBdI3VlBV9UAeU8Vbgwd-hPdQh6ZXT 🔭 🧪

The ridge-like Orion Bar, seen in the lower left of this Hubble image, is created when stars’ ultraviolet light—capable of carving more diffuse matter—collides with denser, less penetrable matter. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. 🔭 🧪

Flying through Dulles Airport near D.C.? If you’re taking the Metro, expect to be awed by almost 40 recently installed images from #NASAWebb, paired with more than 30 from the ever-active Hubble, on your way to the main terminal: https://bit.ly/4qPfl7m #wmata 🔭 🧪

Flying through Dulles Airport near D.C.? If you’re taking the Metro, expect to be awed by almost 40 recently installed images from #NASAWebb, paired with more than 30 from the ever-active Hubble, on your way to the main terminal: https://bit.ly/4qPfl7m #wmata 🔭 🧪

The Whirlpool Galaxy is one of the nearest and best examples of a grand design spiral galaxy. Watch as Hubble's high-resolution view of this magnificent spiral galaxy comes to life in this 3D visualization.

In 2023, #NASAWebb observed a spectacular light show on Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The planet’s auroras are hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than Earth’s. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Nichols (University of Leicester), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb). 🔭 🧪

CAT’S PAW ON YOUR WALL! Download and print a poster featuring an infrared image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula captured in 2025 by #NASAWebb. Perfect for posting at home, school, work, or around your neighborhood: https://go.nasa.gov/3IThBsS 🔭 🧪

"There is something haunting in the light of the [red giant].” Have a happy and safe Halloween, from STScI! 🎃 Credit: Illustration: Ralf Crawford/STScI; Quote: Joseph Conrad.

Explore the Hubble Ultra Deep Field! 👀 This visualization showcases the characteristics and contents of this landmark observation, as well as its four-dimensional nature across both space and time. 🔭 🧪

"There is something haunting in the light of the [red giant].” Have a happy and safe Halloween, from STScI! 🎃 Credit: Illustration: Ralf Crawford/STScI; Quote: Joseph Conrad.

Check out some of the great costumes worn by Space Telescope Science Institute staff as they celebrate Halloween. 🎃

#NASAWebb 🤝 Rocky exoplanets With Webb, astronomers have found that several rocky worlds around red dwarf stars have no atmospheres. This is fostering new questions about these distant, habitable-zone worlds, and Webb is helping astronomers investigate. Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪

"Weaving spiders, come not here, Hence, you long legged spinners, hence! 🕷️

There are no expansive, glowing eyes in this Hubble image. This “face” is the result of two galaxies that collided head-on and have begun to intertwine. They will merge completely in 1-2 billion years. For now, they make up a ring galaxy, a rare classification. Credit: NASA/ESA 🔭 🧪 🎃

Cassiopeia A is one of the closest and brightest supernova remnants to Earth, created by the explosion of a massive star. Click through this image of Cas A on ViewSpace: https://viewspace.org/interactives/image_tours/6 🔭 🧪

This visualization explores the Orion Nebula as seen in visible-light observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. These high-resolution visible observations show fine details including the wispy bow shocks and tadpole-shaped proplyds. 🔭 🧪

🎥 What lurks behind the dense, dusty clouds of this galactic neighbor? There lies the star-powered heart of the galaxy Messier 82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy. 🔭 🧪

Our fascinating Public Lecture Series is now on YouTube! We currently have the 2023-2025 lectures available to watch. 🔭 🧪

A dead star has been spotted ripping a planet apart! “Something clearly disturbed this system long after the star’s death,” said co-investigator John Debes of the Space Telescope Science Institute. (1/4) 🔭 🧪 🧵

The Chandra observatory is adding a pop of pink to our day! X-ray light shines through these #NASAWebb images of merging galaxies and star-forming regions. Chandra released a collection of images that showcase how it complements other observatories: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/ 🔭 🧪

The Chandra observatory is adding a pop of pink to our day! X-ray light shines through these #NASAWebb images of merging galaxies and star-forming regions. Chandra released a collection of images that showcase how it complements other observatories: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/ 🔭 🧪

A dead star has been spotted ripping a planet apart! “Something clearly disturbed this system long after the star’s death,” said co-investigator John Debes of the Space Telescope Science Institute. (1/4) 🔭 🧪 🧵

Before #NASAWebb, it had been 30+ years since astronomers looked closely at Neptune. With Webb, scientists imaged the planet’s auroras and studied its atmosphere, including unexpectedly finding a significant drop in temperature—all at a distance. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. 🔭 🧪

This science visualization presents the dramatic landscape of two nebulas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The video, based on images by Hubble, takes viewers on a close-up tour of the nebulas' three-dimensional structures, as envisioned by scientists and artists. 🔭 🧪

Want to know more about my recent paper about this cool geriatric white dwarf eating its planets? 🤩 It’s all detailed in this news article by @stsci.edu ! 🔭

Astronomers have found a rare, ancient planetary system 145 light-years away, where a white dwarf star is actively consuming debris from a disrupted planet—the oldest and most “polluted” disk ever seen around such a star: https://bit.ly/47mYktj 🔭 🧪

Are you looking for our Public Lecture Series? The 2024 and 2025 lectures are now available on this YouTube channel playlist. 🔭 🧪

Reminder: #NASAWebb is revealing intricate details and stunning objects that we can’t see in visible light. In infrared light, Webb reveals barred spiral galaxy NGC 1433’s bright core, hollow cavities, and filaments of dust and gas: https://bit.ly/3Lh8G5e 🔭 🧪

The @vaticanobservatory.bsky.social, @jhu.edu and the Space Telescope Science Institute announce the launch of WONDER BOUND, a stunning exhibit of cosmic imagery from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. 🔭 🧪

Eta Carinae, or Eta Car, is famous for a brilliant and unusual outburst, called the "Great Eruption", observed in the 1840s. This visualization presents the story of that event and examines the resulting multiwavelength emissions and three-dimensional structures surrounding Eta Car today. 🔭 🧪

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft + asteroid moon Dimorphos = an impact captured by #NASAWebb. This in-space planetary defense test was also observed by Hubble, revealing a scene of scientific intrigue: http://bit.ly/484ujPA 🔭 🧪

Black holes galore! That’s what astronomers discovered when #NASAWebb peered into the distant cosmos. These smaller, fainter black holes are more similar to the one in our own galaxy. With Webb, scientists can study the black hole-galaxy relationship over time. Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪

Two views: one serene and the other with teeming with meaning! #NASAWebb “weighed” the Bullet Cluster, measuring its two galaxy clusters and refining the dark matter mass (shown in blue). X-rays (pink) from the Chandra observatory show the bullet: https://go.nasa.gov/42CXF4k

Why do some rocky planets have atmospheres when others don’t? #NASAWebb and Hubble space telescopes are teaming up to find out. ➡️ https://go.nasa.gov/47a9fFD 🔭 🧪

Are you looking for our Public Lecture Series? The 2024 and 2025 lectures are now available on this YouTube channel playlist. 🔭 🧪

Flocculent spirals, like NGC 2090, seen in this #NASAWebb image, are one of the more common types of spiral galaxies. They have patchy arms that seemingly blend together and disconnect in spots. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy. 🔭 🧪

#NASAWebb is clearing up some mysteries about star formation thanks to its infrared capabilities—ideal for seeing the coolest, dimmest stars. ✨ Building on Hubble’s look at the Flame Nebula, Webb revealed new details, including the region’s low mass objects. 🔭 🧪

Columbia University's Kishalay De spoke about efforts toward conducting an all-sky survey of infrared variability, and gave an overview of upcoming infrared surveys, including the first look into the high redshift dusty universe with #NASARoman, today at STScI. 🔭 🧪

Explore the iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula and the various ways that stars and dust are intertwined in the process of star formation.

Sagittarius B2, the most active star-forming region in the heart of our Milky Way, looks dramatically different depending on the light. The near-infrared light captured by #NASAWebb’s NIRCam shows thousands of colorful stars. Webb’s MIRI shows more of the region’s gas and dust structure. 🔭 🧪

First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍 Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪

Can a small planet maintain an atmosphere in the blazing light of a small, cool red dwarf star? #NASAWebb and Hubble are teaming up to find out. Learn more about the Rocky Worlds program designed to understand the most common type of planetary system in the galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/3VLUJ1n 🔭 🧪