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About Us - Carnegie Science
From genomes to ecosystems and from planets to the cosmos, Carnegie Science is an incubator for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research that is expanding our knowledge of all that is around us. On a scale encompassing the entire natural world, and at the nexus of a broad array of disciplines, our investigators are tackling the biggest ...
Our Research - Carnegie Science
Origins Research. The search for life in the Solar System and beyond has been identified by NASA as its top strategic priority. Carnegie Science is positioned to draw on expertise and equipment from astronomers, planetary scientists, plant biologists, cellular and molecular biologists, astrobiologists, geophysicists, and geochemists to probe ...
Earth & Planets Laboratory | Carnegie Science
The Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL) is located on the Broad Branch Road campus (BBR) in Northwest Washington, DC. Built in 1914, the campus houses both state-of-the-art research facilities and administrative staff—including members of the Carnegie Institution for Science's leadership. Sign up for the Earth & Planets Laboratory Newsletter.
Our History - Carnegie Science
Andrew Carnegie founded our institution to secure American leadership in scientific research in 1902. Carnegie President Vannevar Bush enshrined basic research in our national character in 1945. For more than a century, Carnegie Science has empowered visionary investigators to demonstrate intellectual courage, challenge conventional ideas, and ...
Astronomy & Astrophysics - Carnegie Science
Astronomy represents humanity’s scientific quest to discover the origins and evolution of the universe and life itself. Carnegie astronomers revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. Today, new capabilities in telescopes, advanced imaging, and computation make ours the first generation of scientists who will have the tools to answer ...
Driving the Future of Science | Carnegie Science
When completed, the GMT will enable breakthrough astronomy—from revealing the fundamental physics underpinning the cosmos to advancing our ability to search for life on distant worlds. In support of Carnegie Science’s expansion in Pasadena, the state of California designated $20 million for ecology and environmental sciences.
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Climate change is threatening our planet’s future, and rising sea temperatures and acidification are a threat to economically and ecologically important coral communities worldwide. In recent years, a grass-root effort of studying coral reef biology has spread across all three biology and ecology departments at Carnegie Science. Since first meeting in …
Earth Science | Carnegie Science
Carnegie Earth scientists explore the physics and chemistry of planetary materials from the atomic to the planetary scale. Our planet's depths contain clues to its formation and evolution. Carnegie Earth scientists deploy a variety of techniques to elucidate these secrets. Using a combination of fieldwork, monitoring, lab-based mimicry, and ...
Observatories Research - Carnegie Science
As one of only a very few research institutions globally to have its own observatory, Carnegie’s Las Campanas Observatory in the high desert of Chile, our scientists have unparalleled access to first-in-class telescopes with views of the Magellanic clouds and the entire southern sky. These telescopes and the instruments that enhance their ...