Carnegie Science researchers took on all four questions during the 2026 Astronomy Lecture Series. If you missed the talks—or ...

Rotation powered pulsars have extremely strong magnetic fields which sculpt the ultrarelativistic pulsar wind’s accelerator sites and guide the wind into the surrounding nebula. Wind particles emit ...

Stellar streams have often been touted as the only structures that can probe the low mass end of the dark matter subhalo function because stream-subhalo interactions would create inhomogeneities in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Beneath the original 1912 office building of the Carnegie Observatories on Santa Barbara Street in Pasadena sits a ...

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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 ...

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 ...