"For astronomers, watching anything in real-time is exciting. It's like we're biologists getting to watch cells grow in a petri dish, only our specimen is light-years away." James Muzerolle of the Space Telescope Science Institute, ...

Swine flu, space interest scientists most in 2009 ... Future of stuck Mars rover uncertain ... Hubble repairman to lead Space Telescope Science Institute ... Remains of early-1900s plane found in Antarctica ... Biological cells offe...

I’m sad to report that Roger Doxsey, head of the Space Telescope Science Institute’s (STScI) Hubble Mission Office, died a few days ago. I didn’t know Roger personally — we had met a few times, but very causally when I was working o...

There were lots and lots of image goodies released today by the Space Telescope Science Institute in a press briefing meant to tout the success of the Hubble servicing mission conducted in May. Here's the full gallery. I'll be wri...

Image Source. My colleague Garth Illingworth, who is well connected to the Space Telescope Science Institute, sent an e-mail to the UCSC Department this morning that details the ongoing repair and refurbishment of the Hubble Space ...

The Hubble Space Telescope photographed the winning target in the Space Telescope Science Institute’s 'You Decide' competition in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) held last week. The areas have previously onl...

One of Galileo's most important discoveries he made through his telescope was the detection of the phases of the planet Venus. (Click here for one of Galileo's drawings from the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Flor...

Have you ever dreamed of being able to grab hold of the Hubble Space Telescope and point it anywhere you want? Well, you probably can’t. But what you can do is still very cool: the folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute are...

For those looking to mix a little space porn with their holiday cheer, the folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute offer a small gift from the cosmos. They’ve made templates for two dozen holiday cards available free for down...

One of the advantages of being at a conference in Baltimore is that we are just a few blocks from the Hubble Space Telescope's home, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). This week, STScI is trying to recover Hubble from ...

This month marks the tenth anniversary of one of the best ideas to come out of modern astronomy: the Hubble Heritage project. Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute knew that Hubble was taking fantastic images that the...

Here is a short interview with Susana Deustua of the Space Telescope Science Institute about the International Year of Astronomy, with a brief cameo by Mike Simonson of the AAVSO. I caught them at the opening reception of the Americ...

To celebrate the 18th anniversary of the launch of Hubble, the Space Telescope Science Institute released 59 images of galaxies colliding. Rather then the staid and immutable image that galaxies have had in textbooks these images pa...

Begin forwarded message: From: Dr. Albert Holm (Space Telescope Science Institute) Date: October 31, 2006 10:08:46 AM CST To: AAVSO Discussion group Subject: [AAVSO-DIS] Hubble Space Telescope servicing decision I am happy to s...