El-Naggar—who will join Carnegie Science in October, while retaining a faculty appointment at USC where he is a Dean's ...

Sheppard joined Carnegie as a prestigeous NASA Hubble Fellow in 2004 and was appointed to a faculty position in 2007. He ...

Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory is home to world-class telescopes and exciting discoveries. But it's also a devoted hub for sharing the universe with communities throughout Chile. LCO ...

For nearly 60 years, Star Trek has sent its crews toward the same question that working astrobiologists ask every day: What does life look like somewhere that isn't Earth? In this Neighborhood Lecture ...

Carnegie Science researchers are given the time, the resources, and the community to ask big questions and forge new paths of discovery. Our record of innovation is founded on our unique structure, ...

Ocean acidification threatens many marine organisms, especially marine calcifiers. The only global-scale solution to ocean acidification remains rapid reduction in CO2 emissions. Nevertheless, ...

Post-starburst galaxies are believed to be in a rapid transition between major merger starbursts and quiescent ellipticals. Their optical spectrum is dominated by A-type stars, suggesting a starburst ...

The distribution, accumulation and circulation of oxygen and hydrogen in Earth's interior dictate the geochemical evolution of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere(1). The oxygen-rich atmosphere ...

Diana Roman and her team's growing suspicion that something more substantial lies beneath the islands led them on a quest to uncover the truth. In 2020, Carnegie Science volcanologist Diana Roman and ...

Washington, DC—The interiors of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune could be home to a previously unknown state of matter, according to new computational simulations by Carnegie’s Cong Liu and ...

Each year, Carnegie Science scientists and staff submit original artwork for our annual holiday card contest, a tradition that highlights the creativity and talent of our community. This year brought ...

Phillip Cleves used genome editing tools to determine that a particular gene is required for young coral colonies to begin building their skeletons. Baltimore, MD—New work led by Carnegie’s Phillip ...