Boldly go where no Carnegie Science Neighborhood Lecture has gone before as we explore the science of Star Trek. Free and open to the public. Registration required. For nearly 60 years, Star Trek has ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a 25.4-m diameter, optical/infrared telescope that is being built by an international consortium of universities and research institutions as one of the next ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carnegie Science researchers are given the time, the resources, and the community to ask big questions and forge new paths of discovery. Our record of innovation is founded on our unique structure, ...

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 ...

Pasadena, CA—A team of astronomers led by Carnegie’s Andrew Newman has made the first direct mass measurement of a dormant black hole lurking at the center of a galaxy from the early universe.

What is radio astronomy? And how does it reveal the "exotic" and "energetic" physical phenomena that shape the universe? Carnegie Science Observatories researcher Allison Matthews takes us on a ...

Carnegie Science researchers are using seismic waves to investigate a geologic mystery hidden beneath Bermuda. In late May 2026, they will return to the island to service their instruments and collect ...

Three scientists at the Earth and Planets Laboratory are chasing the same question from different angles, and their answers are rewriting the story of our planet's oceans. Anat Shahar makes planets ...