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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Earth & Planets Laboratory (EPL) is located on the Broad Branch Road campus (BBR) in Northwest Washington, DC. Built in 1914, the campus houses both state-of-the-art research facilities and ...

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 ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is the Sun. The second most important star is nestled inside in the Andromeda galaxy. Don’t go looking for it. The flickering star is 2.2 million ...

To nail down that last 10 or 20 percent of decarbonization, we need to have more tools in our toolbox, and not just wind and solar. Washington, DC—Nuclear power generation can play a crucial role in ...

As we commemorate the extraordinary life of Vera Rubin—who forever altered how we understand the universe—on what would have been her 93rd birthday, I keep coming back to a legendary moment in her ...

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 ...