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n Brown (right) and a colleague work with frogs housed in clawfoot tubs at Carnegie’s Baltimore research facility in the 1970s. Photo is courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

June 01, 2023

Donald Brown, whose work revealed the fundamental nature of genes, has died

An artist’s concept of WASP-18 b, with a lightly orange cast, created by Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC).

May 31, 2023

JWST Finds Traces of Water in a Super-hot Gas Giant’s Atmosphere

Yellow needle-like crystals of the mineral rutherfordine. Photo is courtesy of The RRUFF Project @RRUFF.info.

May 25, 2023

Predicting where to find valuable minerals

May 22, 2023

Corals mark friendly algae for ingestion—revealing possible conservation target

Alycia Weinberger in front of Magellan Telescope — Alycia Weinberger and one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

May 19, 2023

Earth and Planets Laboratory Appoints Alycia Weinberger as Associate Director

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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

Tall stalks of corn growing under a blue sky.

May 15, 2023

Understanding the factors that drive natural variation in plants

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

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