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Seeing Through the Glare with JWST Coronagraphy

September 17, 2018

The coronagraphic capabilities provided by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will reveal faint structures otherwise hidden by the glare of a bright point source.

JWST Observer Events at the 50th Meeting of the Division...

August 17, 2018

The 50th DPS meeting in Knoxville, TN will include a variety of events designed to update and prepare the astronomical community for JWST science.

How To Discover the Optimal Fields of View for Slitless...

August 1, 2018

Find out how to plan your NIRCam slitless observations so your most important spectra do not fall outside of the detector.

JWST Cycle 1 Proposal Survey Follow-up

July 24, 2018

Find out what JWST users had to say about the proposal process.

SOFIA Cycle 7: An Opportunity to Prepare for JWST Science

July 13, 2018

SOFIA welcomes proposals that will help prepare for and enhance early science with JWST in their Cycle 7 period.

Updates to the JWST Cycle 1 Proposal Timeline

June 27, 2018

The JWST Cycle 1 proposal timeline has been updated following the revised JWST launch schedule.

What NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Can Do...

May 29, 2018

The Aperture Masking Interferometry (AMI) mode of JWST’s Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) offers a unique capability of high-resolution, moderate contract imaging at small separations.

Pandeia ETC Engine Tutorial Is Now Available

May 22, 2018

A tutorial for using the Pandeia python package to run JWST exposure time calculations offline is now available.

JWST Focus Meeting at 2018 IAU General Assembly

May 17, 2018

The JWST focus meeting will highlight the science that will be enabled by JWST early in its life cycle.

STScI Requests Feedback on JWST Proposal Process

April 16, 2018

Take our online survey to let us know how we can improve the JWST proposal process.

Follow @JWSTObserver

Join @esa Director of Science Guenther Hasinger as he looks toward the future of astronomy with #JWST in our final… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Interested in chatting with #JWST experts? Diving into a protoplanetary disk in VR? Getting your hands on a full-sc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Don’t miss keynote speaker René Doyon, Director of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets, present at the beginni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Investigate stars and stellar physics science with #JWST at Session IV. We’ll have 6 talks from teams planning some… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Come by the @esa booth to explore #JWST in virtual reality and through live tool demonstrations.

Want to learn more about how #JWST will advance galaxies and cosmology science? Join us for Session III of the JWST… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Session II begins at 1:30 p.m. with Eric Smith, NASA’s Program Scientist for #JWST, presenting the technologies dev… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Don’t miss the @esa booth at the 2018 IAU General Assembly in Vienna. Our experts in user tools, science, and poli… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Welcome to #JWST focus meeting (FM11 in room F2) at the #iau2018 General Assembly in Vienna. Join keynote speaker E… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The 50th Division for Planetary Sciences meeting from October 21-26 will include a variety of events designed to up… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Find out how to plan your NIRCam slitless observations so your most important spectra do not fall outside of the de… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

In April, we asked for your feedback on the #JWST Cycle 1 Proposal process. Want to know what we heard? Read about… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Thinking about how you can get ready for #JWST? SOFIA welcomes proposals that will help prepare for and enhance ear… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The JWST Cycle 1 proposal timeline has been updated following the revised JWST launch schedule. Learn more:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Explore a protoplanetary disk or throw stars into a black hole on our #JWST Virtual Reality! Stop by the STScI boot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Want to know how the #JWST ERS program will tackle planets in our system & beyond? Come to special session 311 at 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Join us at #AAS232 for #JWST special session 302 for talks about ERS programs exploring astrochemistry and the ISM.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Catch up on #JWST’s status at #AAS232! Jonathan Gardner, Deputy Senior Project Scientist for JWST at NASA’s GSFC, w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Are you at #AAS232 in Denver? Don’t miss the first #JWST special session 202 on ERS programs focused on distant gal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Attend our special sessions at #AAS232 to hear directly from #JWST DD-ERS programs about planned observations and s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the most powerful telescope ever launched into space.