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CarnegieScience.edu showcases the exciting discoveries of our pioneering researchers in astronomy, Earth and planetary science, genetics and developmental biology, global ecology, matter at extremes states, and plant science. It also features our science education programs, and much, much more.
About Us - Carnegie Science
Andrew Carnegie founded this institution in 1902 as a home for world-transforming scientific discoveries. Today, Carnegie Science’s mission—to advance investigation, research, and discovery, and apply that knowledge to the improvement of humankind—is more urgent than ever.
Our Research - Carnegie Science
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 this most fundamental question.
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 …
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CarnegieScience.edu showcases the exciting discoveries of our pioneering researchers in astronomy, Earth and planetary science, genetics and developmental biology, global ecology, matter at extremes states, and plant science. It also features our science education programs, and much, much more.
Our Divisions - 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 …
The Path to Pasadena - Carnegie Science
In 2020, Carnegie Science decided to bring together its developmental biology, ecology, and plant science research efforts into a unified, interdisciplinary division where our experts will study the natural world at every scale, from the molecular to the global. This groundbreaking work will occur in a state-of-the-art research facility in Pasadena.
Observatories | Carnegie Science
Located in Pasadena, CA, Carnegie Science Observatories researchers are transforming our understanding of the cosmos. The groundbreaking work continues at our world-famous Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) in Chile, located at a superb site high in the southern reaches of Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Initiatives - 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 …
Earth Science | Carnegie Science
There are at least 53 minerals named after Carnegie scientists—some found deep inside the Earth's interior, others exist only at a single location on the whole planet, others hail from elsewhere in our Solar System. Carnegie Earth scientists explore the physics and chemistry of planetary materials ...