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This artist’s concept shows what the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b could look like based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories. Webb data suggests that the planet is surrounded by a thick atmosphere above a global magma ocean. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

December 10, 2025

Press Release

Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

Observatories Director Michael Blanton

December 04, 2025

Organizational News

Carnegie Science Names Michael Blanton 12th Observatories Director

November 24, 2025

Q&A

Postdoc Spotlight: Stella Ocker Explores the Space Between the Stars

This 500-million-year-old trilobite from Utah has an organic-rich carapace that preserves a record of the original biomolecules. Credit: Robert Hazen.

November 17, 2025

Press Release

Chemical evidence of ancient life detected in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks

Rosa and Berry Banner

November 14, 2025

Awards

Two Carnegie Scientists Named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers

NLS - Caleb Scharf - Full Auditorium

November 10, 2025

Campus News

Five ways Caleb Scharf’s "The Giant Leap" might rewire how you think about life

The Pleiades, also called the Seven Sisters, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004. Credit: NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech.

November 06, 2025

Press Release

The Pleiades is part of an enormous stellar complex birthed by the same star-forming event

Diana Roman and Andrea Goltz prepare a "trash-cano" at the Earth & Planets Laboratory Open House.

November 03, 2025

Feature Story

Hundreds of Science Enthusiasts Attend Inaugural EPL Open House

New research uses laboratory experiments to demonstrate that water is naturally created during the planet formation process. Credit: Navid Marvi/Carnegie Science

October 30, 2025

Press Release

How do planets get wet? Experiments show water creation during planet formation process

Postdoc Double Feature - Shubham and Sierra

October 28, 2025

Campus News

Postdocs explore the origins of worlds in Neighborhood Lecture double feature