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This pile of lava flows is part of the Grande Ronde Basalt, the most voluminous formation of the Columbia River Basalt Group (Photo credit: Jennifer Kasbohm).

September 20, 2024

Feature Story

Probing the role of volcanism in ancient climate warming

Conel Alexander

August 16, 2024

Awards

Carnegie Science dominates the Meteoritical Society awards

August 16, 2024

Organizational News

Isotope geochemist Andrea Giuliani joins Carnegie Science as new Staff Scientist

NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered “leopard spots” on a reddish rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” in Mars’ Jezero Crater in July 2024. Scientists think the spots may indicate that, billions of years ago, the chemical reactions in this rock could have supported microbial life; other explanations are being considered. NASA/JPL-Caltech

August 09, 2024

Q&A

Q&A: "Intriguing" Martian rock discovered by rover

Sarah Seager in front of a blackboard. Photo by Sam Ogden

June 12, 2024

Awards

Sara Seager wins Kavli Prize

Larry Finger and Y. Ohashi aligning a crystal on the four-circle X-ray diffractometer in preparation for determining its structure

July 19, 2024

Organizational News

Carnegie Science mineralogist and crystallographer Larry Finger dies at 84

Network for WISE- Created via Chat GPT

Workshop on Information, Selection, and Evolution (WISE)

Washington, DC

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23-25

October

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artist's impression of 51 Pegasi b. Courtesy ESO/Kornmesser.

July 08, 2024

Organizational News

Carnegie Science selected as host institution for Heising-Simons 51 Pegasi b Fellows

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