Carnegie Science astronomers are advancing a new understanding of cosmic processes, from the synthesis of “star stuff”—the raw materials from which everything in the universe is constructed—to the ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

How did we get here and are we alone? Working at the nexus of biology, Earth science, and astronomy, Carnegie Science investigators boldly traverse disciplinary boundaries to reveal the relationships ...

From teeming biodiversity hotspots to inhospitable environments where resilient microorganisms thrive, life has reshaped our planet. What can it teach our researchers about searching for signs of life ...

Our experts reveal how our planet formed, evolved, differentiated into layers and developed the interconnected system of dynamic processes that made it habitable and enabled life to arise and thrive.

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 ...

Meet 2025 SC79, which has the second-fastest unique asteroid orbit in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun in just 128 days! Washington, DC—A newly discovered asteroid travels around the Sun in just ...

Joseph Gall, often called the "father of modern cell biology" was recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science with its Golden Goose Award for his work on "nature's oddities," ...

Are we alone in the universe? A new $5 million NASA-funded project co-led by Carnegie’s Michael Wong and NASA’s Caleb Scharf will train A.I. on a vast planetary dataset to recognize signs of life and ...

Last week, more than 70 experts in Earth’s geologic history, including geochronologists, astrochronologists, and paleoclimatologists, gathered in person and online at Carnegie Science’s Earth & ...

In the 1960s, a bold vision took Carnegie astronomers to Chile’s Atacama Desert, where they transformed a remote mountaintop into one of the world’s leading observatories. Graced with clear, dark ...