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December 31, 2025

Year Book

Carnegie Science Celebrates Hubble Discovery Centennial

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December 31, 2025

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New Staff Scientists Bring Bold Vision to Earth and Planets Laboratory

The dome of one of Las Campanas Observatories' twin Magellan telescopes in movement. Credit: Yuri Beletsky/Carnegie Science

December 31, 2025

Feature Story

Instrumentation Keeps Carnegie Astronomers at the Cutting Edge

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Year Book

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MESSENGER at 20

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December 19, 2025

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Shreyas Vissapragada selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 list

This artist’s concept shows what a thick atmosphere above a vast magma ocean on exoplanet TOI-561 b could look like. Measurements of light captured from the planet’s dayside by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope suggest that in spite of the intense radiation it receives from its star, TOI-561 b is not a bare rock. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

December 10, 2025

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Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

Observatories Director Michael Blanton

December 04, 2025

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November 24, 2025

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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

Science News

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