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MESSENGER flies by Mercury

December 23, 2025

Year Book

MESSENGER at 20

Artist's renditions of the space weather around M dwarf TIC 141146667. The torus of ionized gas is sculpted by the star's magnetic field and rotation, with two pinched, dense clumps present on opposing sides of the star. Illustrations by Navid Marvi, courtesy Carnegie Science.

January 07, 2026

Science News

Naturally occurring “space weather station” elucidates new way to study habitability of planets orbiting M dwarf stars

Shreyas Vissapragada

December 19, 2025

Awards

Shreyas Vissapragada selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 list

This artist’s concept shows what a thick atmosphere above a vast magma ocean on exoplanet TOI-561 b could look like. Measurements of light captured from the planet’s dayside by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope suggest that in spite of the intense radiation it receives from its star, TOI-561 b is not a bare rock. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

December 10, 2025

Science News

Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

Observatories Director Michael Blanton

December 04, 2025

Organizational News

Carnegie Science Names Michael Blanton 12th Observatories Director

November 24, 2025

Q&A

Postdoc Spotlight: Stella Ocker Explores the Space Between the Stars

This 500-million-year-old trilobite from Utah has an organic-rich carapace that preserves a record of the original biomolecules. Credit: Robert Hazen.

November 17, 2025

Science News

Chemical evidence of ancient life detected in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks