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

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Panorama of Las Campanas Observatory in Chile courtesy of Yuri Beletsky

October 09, 2024

Feature Story

Telescope instrument development pushes the bounds of discovery

This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster MACS J0138.0-2155, which is so massive that its gravity bent and magnified light streaming not only from an extremely distant background galaxy but also from a supernova event in this galaxy. The color image was made using observations from eight different filters spread across Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. I

December 21, 2023

Feature Story

Encore supernova takes a bow

Erika Holmbeck

December 08, 2023

Spotlight

Postdoc Spotlight: Erika Holmbeck

VAR! Plate

November 10, 2023

Feature Story

Space: Exploring the frontiers of art and science

NG4321 is shown here as an ALMA (orange/red) composite with Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data

June 15, 2023

Campus News

Dive Into the Mystery of Dark Matter at the Neighborhood Lecture Honoring Vera Rubin

Ana Bonaca

January 23, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Ana Bonaca wins AAS Warner Prize

Giant Magellan Telescope.

August 02, 2022

Carnegie Rallies $205 Million Founding Partner Investment To Accelerate Completion Of The Giant Magellan Telescope

GMT Rendering | Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation

November 05, 2021

National Academies names GMT and U.S. ELT program top strategic priority

October 29, 2020

Where were Jupiter and Saturn born?