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Steele points to a sample of Martian meteorite

January 26, 2026

Spotlight

The rocks that remember what Earth forgot

Artist’s conception of a disk of material surrounding a young star. Credit: Robin Dienel/Carnegie Science

January 22, 2026

Feature Story

From Planets to Life - Humanity's Oldest Question

Jenn And Andrea

December 31, 2024

Yearbook

New Staff Scientists Bring Bold Vision to Earth and Planets Laboratory

Anne Pommier

December 31, 2024

Yearbook

New Tools, Timeless Questions

MESSENGER flies by Mercury

December 31, 2024

Yearbook

MESSENGER at 20

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

Press Release

Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

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

Press Release

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

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