Cross-disciplinary, Collaborative & Boundary Pushing:
Carnegie Experts Investigate the planets found in our Solar System, as well as those orbiting distant stars.

Earth & Planets Laboratory
EPL astronomers aim to discover and understand solar and extrasolar planets through pioneering detection studies, observations of their nebular birthplaces, modeling of their formation and evolution, and using the detection of small bodies in the outer Solar System to understand the origin of our own planetary system.
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Observatories
Exoplanet science at the Carnegie Observatories exists at an especially exciting nexus of theoretical astrophysics, observational astronomy, and instrument development.
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JWST reveals Gliese 1214 b is a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere.
A team of astronomers, including Carnegie’s Alycia Weinberger, has found new evidence of a planetary construction site around the young star, TW Hydrae.
The researchers revealed amino acids, the base material from which all proteins are constructed, as well as other important classes of organic compounds including carboxylic acids, amines, and aromatic hydrocarbons—all of which are found in the natural world on Earth.