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Artist's conception of neutron stars colliding, by Robin Dienel, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science

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Terraced rice fields in Vietnam. Photo by Nathan Cima courtesy of Unsplash.

April 24, 2023

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Retaining soil moisture key to agricultural productivity in changing climate

Water close-up courtesy of Unsplash

April 12, 2023

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How did Earth get its water?

A cross section of the fruit fly gut that is preferentially colonized by the bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum.

March 29, 2023

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How the gut creates a cozy home for beneficial microbiome species

Great Barrier Reef

March 21, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Phillip Cleves Awarded the Inaugural Pew Marine and Biomedical Science Fellowship

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted this photo from the International Space Station on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, 2014. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

March 15, 2023

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Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Not Melted Meteorites.

Diamond Anvil Cell — This diamond anvil cell was crafted on-site in the EPL machine shop, saving scientists time and money on their high-pressure research. Photo Credit: Victor Lugo

March 06, 2023

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Superdiamond carbon-boron clathrates represent a promising new class of conventional superconductors

Asteroid Ryugu captured with Hayabusa2’s Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) on July 20, 2018 at around 16:00 JST. Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.

February 24, 2023

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Organic molecules found on first primitive asteroid sample returned to Earth

Artist's conception of a a large gas giant planet orbiting a small red dwarf star called TOI-5205. Image by Katherine Cain, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

February 21, 2023

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“Forbidden” planet orbiting small star challenges gas giant formation theories

Moises Exposito-Alonso

February 16, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Exposito-Alonso receives Tansley Medal

Illustration showing Earth's differentiated layers.

February 15, 2023

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What do early Earth’s core formation and drip coffee have in common?