He studies how water and other gases, such as hydrogen and helium, form and behave on the Moon, using lunar dust collected ...

In "The Devil in the Dark," the silicon-based Horta go undetected by scans built for carbon-based life. Wong expects real ...

Carnegie's newest scientific division, Biosphere Sciences & Engineering, is devoted to disrupting the traditional, siloed perspective on research in the life sciences and pursuing an integrated ...

Drawing on more than a century of science, our multidisciplinary department discovers exoplanets, creates new materials, illuminates Earth's inner workings, and seeks to better understand the universe ...

Carnegie Science's mission is to advance investigation, research, and discovery, and to apply that knowledge for the improvement of humankind. We empower world-class investigators to pursue the ...

For centuries, scientists have used gravity to study the shape of our planet. But it wasn’t until recently that instrumentation caught up with them to precisely measure aspects of Earth, such as the ...

Not every rivalry at Carnegie Science goes through peer review. Postdoctoral fellows come to our campuses from around the world with plans to stay only a few short years. Community has to be built ...

Pasadena, CA—Astronomer Guillermo Blanc has been named the Director of Carnegie Science’s Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) in Chile’s high Atacama Desert, home of the world-class twin Magellan ...

In the 1970s, Carnegie scientists built a mobile laboratory to study how desert plants thrive in Death Valley's deadly summer heat. In summer, the floor of Death Valley reaches temperatures that would ...

Pasadena, CA—A team of scientists led by Harvard University’s Collin Cherubim and including Shreyas Vissapragada and other Carnegie astronomers has detected evidence of an atmosphere on a rocky planet ...

We joined Carnegie plant biologist Devaki Bhaya for a personalized "wander-and-wonder" tour of the trees of Stanford University's campus and what they can teach us about paying attention to our ...

Through school visits, public events, an inflatable planetarium, hands-on demonstrations, and Carnegie Observatories’ annual Open House, Outreach Coordinator Jeff Rich is connecting people—especially ...