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Artist's conception of neutron stars colliding, by Robin Dienel, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science

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January 13, 2022

Martian Meteorite’s Organic Materials Origin Not Biological

Epi-fluorescence microscopy of acridine orange stained microorganisms collected from deep-sea vents at 2.5 km depth and cultured at high pressure conditions (250 atm). — Epi-fluorescence microscopy of acridine orange stained microorganisms collected from deep-sea vents at 2.5 km depth and cultured at high pressure conditions (250 atm). Continuous culturing experiments integrate vent fluid sampling techniques (Isobaric-Gas-Tight sampler, WHOI) with our high-pressure chemostat.

November 25, 2021

Feature Story

Five ways we’re exploring astrobiology on campus

November 22, 2021

Feature Story

Life under pressure: from thermal vents to water worlds

Mike Wong holds his PhD graduation cap in a Star Trek uniform

November 21, 2021

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Michael L. Wong explores strange new worlds

A star rises behind a planet, illuminating the planet's atmosphere.

June 29, 2021

Carnegie-led team wins $1.5 million grant to study atmospheres of the galaxy’s most common exoplanets

Adriana K historic photo with seismometers — Adriana Kuehnel (right) works with Randy Kuehnel (middle) and Rod Green (left) to prepare seismometers to study the Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa circa 1997.

February 17, 2020

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Adriana Kuehnel codes for Earth and planets

Fieldwork at sea on the Atlantis research vessel. In January 2014 Carnegie's Dionysis Foustoukos, along with microbiologist and Carnegie postdoctoral fellow Ileana Peréz-Rodríguez and under-graduate student Matt Rawls of George Mason University, collected microorganisms from the volcanoes of the Pacific Ocean and cultured them onboard the oceanographic research vessel Atlantis.

January 02, 2014

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The Geophysical Laboratory at the High Seas