STScI

Fion in space

Our youngest comrade-in-arms Fion has now entered the orbit of an alien planet. He only needed the simplest means. No complex media technology, Photoshop or even artificial intellgence intelligence, which no child or...

Journey through the cosmos…

… was our offer as part of the Oberberg Education Office’s MINTeraktiv STEM academy. In no time at all, our spaceship was filled with young astronauts aged 6 to 11 and we were ready to go. Our captains...

Meteors flying around the corner…

Our new colleague Rüdiger F. presented a fantastic video clip to us. Video: Meteors flying around the corner… Apart from the fact that he was able to record auroras over Ruppichteroth on August 12th...

In the caves of the king

The Cave Nebula in the popular constellation of Cepheus (in mythology an Ethiopian king, consort of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda) is a relatively rare target for astrophotographers.  It is about 2400 light years...