The cosmos is filled with colour, and colour is a key in determining age, chemical composition and how far objects are from Earth. To help identify these colours and objects the James Webb Space Telescope will be using a spectrograph called NIRSpec. Recently, the engineering test unit for the Webb telescope’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument [...]

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. has selected 17 new candidates for the 2010 Hubble Fellowship Program. The fellows may pursue their research at any host university or research center of their choosing in the United States and will begin their programs in the fall of 2010. Each fellowship provides support to [...]