Carnegie Science astronomers have revolutionized our ideas about the universe. Their success was underpinned by access to our suite of custom-designed and -built telescopes—first at Mount Wilson ...

Arthur Grossman didn’t set out to develop interdisciplinary expertise across plant sciences. It emerged as a result of his natural curiosity, and the freedom, flexibility, and innovation encouraged by ...

A leadership change represents the dawn of a new era for Carnegie Science. Eric D. Isaacs steps down at the conclusion of a transformative six-year period for the institution. Science Deputy and ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope stands poised to provide insights into some of humanity's biggest questions and ring in a renaissance of ground-based astronomy. Clear Skies Ahead The Giant Magellan is ...

The discovery that genome engineering could be accomplished by harnessing the bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 immune defense system is one of the most-important scientific breakthroughs of our time. Like a high ...

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 ...

What would it be like to sail above Saturn's rings, fly past its retinue of bizarre moons, and take a relaxing honeymoon vacation in a hot-air balloon in the giant planet's atmosphere itself?

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 ...

Join Dr. Will Misener in Greenewalt Lecture Hall and via Zoom as he delivers a seminar on "Connecting the silicate interiors and hydrogen atmospheres of sub-Neptune exoplanets" hosted by Peter Gao.

In a world where scientific breakthroughs often take center stage, it’s easy to overlook the unsung heroes who make these discoveries possible. For 26 years, Timothy D. Mock has been the quiet force ...

Washington, DC—Carnegie Science’s Maggie Thompson was awarded the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s 2024 Robert J. Trumpler Award, which recognizes a recent Ph.D. recipient whose dissertation ...

Carnegie Science empowers our investigators to pursue the biggest questions of our time, advancing discoveries that transform our understanding of life, planets, and the broader universe. Our research ...