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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

May 19, 2023

Earth and Planets Laboratory Appoints Alycia Weinberger as Associate Director

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May 19, 2023

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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

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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