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Photograph of the Las Campanas Observatory

December 23, 2024

Q&A

Q&A | Insights from early career astronomers Jessica Spake, Peter Senchyna, and Shreyas Vissapragada

A very long solar filament that had been snaking around the Sun erupted (Dec. 6, 2010) with a flourish. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SOHO

December 23, 2024

Feature Story

The Year of the Sun

Installation photograph, Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct 20, 2024–Mar 2, 2025, 2025, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

December 23, 2024

Feature Story

Carnegie Science contributes to LACMA exhibition on cosmologies across cultures

Karina Gutierrez Garcia in the lab with a pipette

December 20, 2024

Spotlight

Postdoc Spotlight: Karina Gutierrez-Garcia

Maxine Singer with the rotunda of the Carnegie Institution administration building

December 18, 2024

Feature Story

Honoring a trailblazing scientist and leader

Lactobacillus, a beneficial bacterial species (magenta), attaches to specific regions (green) of the fruit fly gastrointestinal tract (white). Image is courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science.

December 11, 2024

Could we engineer stability in the microbiome? New research opens the door

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November 22, 2024

Organizational News

Carnegie Science appoints John Mulchaey as its 12th President

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

October 28, 2024

Climate, dead zones, and fish: Solving a 'wicked problem' in Lake Erie and beyond

Postdocs play giant four square during postdoc appreciation week

October 22, 2024

Campus News

Recap: Honoring Postdoctoral Contributions Across Carnegie Science

Phil Plait holds his hands up illustrating the pressures that led to Enceladus' fissues

October 14, 2024

Campus News

Under Alien Skies: A Recap of Dr. Phil Plait’s Neighborhood Lecture