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Still shot from a looping video showing an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. The GOES-17 satellite captured the series of images that also show crescent-shaped shock waves and lightning strikes. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens using GOES imagery courtesy of NOAA and NESDIS.

December 20, 2023

Gravity data could reveal underwater volcanos with high potential for devastating eruptions

Peter Driscoll Giving Talk

December 15, 2023

Campus News

Driscoll Unveils Earth's Hidden Secrets at Neighborhood Lecture

Artist’s conception of this new approach to revealing master regulator genes and species that affect evolutionary diversification. Credit: By Navid Marvi, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

December 14, 2023

Revealed: Some microbiome species regulate their entire bacterial ecosystem

An artist’s conception of the hydrogen being stripped from one half of a binary system, leaving a very hot, helium rich exposed core that will eventually explode as a hydrogen-poor core collapse supernova. Credit: by Navid Marvi, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

December 14, 2023

Long-sought binary star population found! Discovery could answer questions about hydrogen-poor supernova origins

Lorenzo Rosa recognized with da Vinci Award

December 08, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Lorenzo Rosa recognized for early career excellence

Erika Holmbeck

December 08, 2023

Spotlight

Postdoc Spotlight: Erika Holmbeck

A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen on the middle right. Scientists have found evidence of both carbon and water in initial analysis of this material. The bulk of the sample is located inside. Photo: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold

November 30, 2023

Feature Story

VIDEO: Analyzing an asteroid in the new golden age of sample return

Guessing a pumpkin's weight at BBR

November 29, 2023

Feature Story

Broad Branch Road campus shines under fall foliage

Weinberger Leaning in Shadow

November 29, 2023

Q&A

Beyond the skyline: A chat with Alycia Weinberger on science and community

The 2023 summer interns hold their hands in the middle of the circle

November 21, 2023

Campus News

Exploring Earth and Planetary Science with the 2023 Summer Interns