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Asteroid Ryugu captured with Hayabusa2’s Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) on July 20, 2018 at around 16:00 JST. Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.

February 24, 2023

Organic molecules found on first primitive asteroid sample returned to Earth

Artist's conception of a a large gas giant planet orbiting a small red dwarf star called TOI-5205. Image by Katherine Cain, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

February 21, 2023

“Forbidden” planet orbiting small star challenges gas giant formation theories

Moises Exposito-Alonso

February 16, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Exposito-Alonso receives Tansley Medal

Illustration showing Earth's differentiated layers.

February 15, 2023

What do early Earth’s core formation and drip coffee have in common?

Organic nodes pouring out of a computer

February 13, 2023

Feature Story

Unlocking the secrets of life through data science

An image of Jupiter from NASA’s JUNO spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

February 10, 2023

Jupiter back on top as “moon king”

David George in the lab in 1991

February 07, 2023

Campus News

In Memoriam: Former Carnegie research tech dies at 75

January 27, 2023

Awards

Shaunna Morrison Named 2022 Recipient of MSA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Mineralogy

Chondrite image purchased from Shutterstock

January 26, 2023

Solar System formed from “poorly mixed cake batter,” isotope research shows

2022 interns on campus

January 25, 2023

Campus News

Announcing summer internship opportunity for undergrads