Step into the VizLab at the Carnegie Science Observatories, where cutting-edge visualization technology is transforming how astronomers collaborate, explore cosmic mysteries, and inspire the next ...

Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to ...

In late 2024 and early 2025, the Carnegie Science community came together to celebrate the lives and legacies of two towering figures in modern biology—Maxine Singer and Joseph Gall. Through heartfelt ...

Carnegie's Scott Sheppard has just announced the discovery of 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing its total to 82 and moving it ahead of Jupiter, which has 79. All hail the new king of moons!

Carnegie Science was built to give scientists the freedom to pursue bold ideas and open inquiry. That founding principle endures today through responsible financial stewardship, which safeguards ...

Carnegie scientists are pioneers, shaping new frontiers of exploration with bold curiosity and innovative research. From unraveling the complexities of genomes to uncovering the secrets of the cosmos, ...

TIMES (Time-Integrated Matrix for Earth Sciences) is an ambitious decadal effort with the purpose of recalibrating global climate records from the last 100 million years on a unified, accurate, and ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found fresh chemical evidence of Earth’s earliest life—concealed in 3.3-billion-year ...

Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged evidence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program, commonly referred to as “chemtrails” or “covert ...

Washington, DC—The Sun has a new neighbor that was hiding in plain twilight. An asteroid that orbits the Sun in just 113 days—the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid and second shortest for ...

Washington, DC—Move over Jupiter; Saturn is the new moon king. A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard has found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn. This brings the ringed planet’s total number of moons ...

Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years. New experimental work ...