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May 19, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Dwyer selected as Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University

May 19, 2023

Awards

Exposito-Alonso recognized by ASPB for early career excellence

Conel holds his hand up toward a meteorite sample during a discussion with neighborhood guests at the end of his Neighborhood Lecture

May 15, 2023

Campus News

Rewatch Dr. Conel Alexander's talk on sample return missions

Tall stalks of corn growing under a blue sky.

May 15, 2023

Understanding the factors that drive natural variation in plants

An artist's conception of GJ 1214 b. Although the sub-Neptune planet has been studied by astronomers for more than a decade, its opaque atmosphere has made it difficult to gain an understanding of its makeup until now. JWST enabled a team of astronomers to study its atmosphere in never-before-seen detail, revealing a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC).

May 10, 2023

JWST reveals elusive planet’s reflective atmosphere

May 09, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Moises Exposito-Alonso selected for inaugural class of HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars

May 04, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Anna Michalak Honored by Max Plank Society

This artist's concept is based on Hubble Space Telescope images of gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae. Hubble Space Telescope photos show shadows sweeping across the disks encircling the system. Credit: NASA, AURA/STScI for ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI).

May 04, 2023

Peek-a-boo disk shows evidence of a previously unseen baby planet forming around young star

Terraced rice fields in Vietnam. Photo by Nathan Cima courtesy of Unsplash.

April 24, 2023

Retaining soil moisture key to agricultural productivity in changing climate

Water close-up courtesy of Unsplash

April 12, 2023

How did Earth get its water?