Space Telescope Science Institute

Mission controllers at the Space Telescope Science Institute connect with #Webb at least 2-3 times per 24 hours. They work with planners as well as schedulers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory & the DSN complexes to plan communications months in advance, since many other observatories also use the DSN. #NASA #JWST #NASAWebb

This week at STScI is dedicated to Project Management training for Non-Project Managers. Our exceptional Mentor, Francesca Romana Boffi, is leading the session, and today has been an amazing first day.

Catch up on Webb’s latest discoveries about galaxies and the universe’s development over time - https://lnkd.in/eP_mfD-S

This region, called G35.2-0.7N, is a hotbed of high-mass star formation. Much of this nebula is dark and dusty. However, massive jets, like the one that is launching toward us, pierce through the darkness, giving us a view inside. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Fedriani, J. Tan.

🎆 #NASAWebb is celebrating U.S. Independence Day with an observation of the protostar, hidden inside the dark molecular cloud L1527 in mid-infrared light, as it evolves. This vibrant new view highlights the behavior of this young object and traces the different concentrations of gas and dust surrounding the protostar. The protostar in this image is tiny. It resides in the red center at less than a pixel in size, but the white areas above and below it show just how much dust it stirs as it develops: https://lnkd.in/eerkSAFm

🌌 Happy 4th of July from all of us at the Space Telescope Science Institute! Wishing everyone a stellar day filled with discovery and wonder.

Watch as Space Telescope Science Institute's Dr. Frank Summers explores the Pillars of Creation in three dimensions with a brand-new visible and infrared fly-through visualization—TODAY at 8:00 p.m. ET. https://lnkd.in/eTVpTzKQ

🎆 #NASAWebb is celebrating U.S. Independence Day with an observation of the protostar, hidden inside the dark molecular cloud L1527 in mid-infrared light, as it evolves. This vibrant new view highlights the behavior of this young object and traces the different concentrations of gas and dust surrounding the protostar. The protostar in this image is tiny. It resides in the red center at less than a pixel in size, but the white areas above and below it show just how much dust it stirs as it develops: https://lnkd.in/eerkSAFm

🎉The Gemini North telescope is celebrating 25 years since first light!🔭✨ These high resolution images were made possible by a massive primary mirror that gives Gemini North its ability to collect light from objects at unimaginable distances.🌠 Some of the world’s largest telescopes (like the neighboring W.M. Keck Observatory) have mirrors built in segments, but Gemini’s primary mirror is made of one monolithic piece of glass! Manufacturing mirrors this size is no easy task, it took the collaborative efforts of experts from around the world🌍. 🗽After the mirror blanks were manufactured at Corning Incorporated in New York, can you guess where they were shipped for polishing? Look for clues in these images🔍! #Gemini25Years 📷: GeminiObs/Ingrid Braul 📷: GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA 📷: GeminiObs/AURA/Henry Roe, Lowell Observatory/Emily Schaller 📷: NOIRLab 📷: GeminiObs/J. Pollard 📷: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Combining data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, a team from NASA's Universe of Learning at STScI has produced a breathtaking T new 3D visualization of the towering "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula. This is the most comprehensive, detailed, multiwavelength movie yet of these iconic star-birthing clouds. Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty since 1995. The four Pillars of Creation, made primarily of cool molecular hydrogen and dust, are being eroded by the fierce winds and punishing ultraviolet light of nearby hot, young stars. Finger-like structures larger than the solar system protrude from the tops of the pillars. The movie takes visitors into the three-dimensional structures of the pillars. Rather than an artistic interpretation, the video is based on observational data. The visualization helps viewers experience how two of the world's most powerful space telescopes work together. Hubble sees objects that glow in visible light, at thousands of degrees. Webb's infrared vision, which is sensitive to cooler objects with temperatures of just hundreds of degrees, pierces through obscuring dust to see stars embedded in the pillars. A bonus product from this visualization is a new 3D printable model of the Pillars of Creation. The base model of the four pillars used in the visualization has been adapted to the STL file format so that viewers can download the model file and print it out on 3D printers. Watch the full video of the Pillars of Creation and download the 3D printer file: https://lnkd.in/eEnyf2dt