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Washington, DC— The U.S. National Science Foundation is advancing the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), under construction at Carnegie Science’s Las Campanas Observatory, into a critical new stage of ...

What do you get when you mix stardust, rock samples, and a dozen bright undergrads? Every summer, the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory transforms into a training ground for the next ...

This week, the U.S. Mint released a quarter into nationwide circulation commemorating the late Carnegie Science astronomer Vera Rubin’s trailblazing contributions to our understanding of the universe.

10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01357.x We review a number of constraints that have been placed on the formation of chondrules and show how these can be used to test chondrule formation models. Four models ...

We compiled the most comprehensive data setof phytoplankton and other marine protists in terms of sizes, shapes, genus, and species names. Samples were obtained from seven globally distributed marine ...

Washington, DC— As the world warms and precipitation patterns shift, strategic approaches to sustainably improving crop yields will be necessary. Carnegie Science’s Lorenzo Rosa is working to ...

This winter, a delegation from Dallas’ Perot Museum of Nature and Science visited Carnegie Science’s Las Campanas Observatory, deepening a programmatic partnership that shared the wonders of the Great ...