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Artist's conception of moon-forming environment. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Gabriele Cugno (University of Zürich, NCCR PlanetS), Sierra Grant (Carnegie Institution for Science), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI)

September 29, 2025

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Astronomers get first-ever peek into a gas giant’s moon-forming environment

Steven Shirey

September 24, 2025

Awards

Steven B. Shirey awarded AGU’s Hess Medal

Allison Matthews with the image from the MeerKAT radio telescope.

September 18, 2025

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Postdoc Spotlight: Allison Matthews

Casey Lam at the Magellan telescopes at Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile

September 18, 2025

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Postdoc Spotlight: Casey Lam

Mars

September 18, 2025

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Q&A: Perseverance Rover finds a rock with "leopard spots"

A globular cluster (white concentration of stars) naturally emerges in the high resolution EDGE simulations. These simulations also predict the existence of a new class of object: globular cluster-like dwarfs. Credit University of Surrey, Matt Orkney, Andrew Pontzen & Ethan Taylor

September 18, 2025

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New class of star systems predicted

Dwarf galaxy simulation dark matter courtesy of Andrew Wetzel.

September 17, 2025

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$4M John Templeton Foundation grant funds interdisciplinary approach to unraveling cosmic mysteries

Joseph Gall at the microscope

September 16, 2025

Awards

Joseph Gall posthumously receives Golden Goose Award

Mars rover things about life

August 26, 2025

Science News

Teaching A.I. to Detect Life: Carnegie Scientist Co-Leads NASA-Funded Effort

Scientist Thomas Westerhold, a co-organizer of TIMES, speaks to attendees

August 20, 2025

Science News

Time-Integrated Matrix for Earth Sciences (TIMES) Kicks Off With Workshop at Carnegie's EPL