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The Carnegie Institution for Science is dedicated to scientific discovery and supporting exceptional individuals in an atmosphere of independence.
🎉 Next Thursday (1/29), Carnegie Science turns 124—and we’ll be celebrating all week!
We’re kicking off the 2nd annual Carnegie Science Day w/ stories, video interviews, & questions that span from star stuff to life & back again.
Stay tuned! 👉 bit.ly/carnegie-science-day
#HBDCarnegieScience
We’re kicking off the 2nd annual Carnegie Science Day w/ stories, video interviews, & questions that span from star stuff to life & back again.
Stay tuned! 👉 bit.ly/carnegie-science-day
#HBDCarnegieScience
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 PM
🎉 Next Thursday (1/29), Carnegie Science turns 124—and we’ll be celebrating all week!
We’re kicking off the 2nd annual Carnegie Science Day w/ stories, video interviews, & questions that span from star stuff to life & back again.
Stay tuned! 👉 bit.ly/carnegie-science-day
#HBDCarnegieScience
We’re kicking off the 2nd annual Carnegie Science Day w/ stories, video interviews, & questions that span from star stuff to life & back again.
Stay tuned! 👉 bit.ly/carnegie-science-day
#HBDCarnegieScience
With #NVIDIARubin making headlines this month, here’s a reminder of just how far #VeraRubin’s legacy reaches across science, space, and culture.
Read more 👇
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/what-else-named-after-carnegie-astronomer-vera-rubin
#VeraRubin #DarkMatter #WomenInScience #Astronomy
Read more 👇
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/what-else-named-after-carnegie-astronomer-vera-rubin
#VeraRubin #DarkMatter #WomenInScience #Astronomy
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
With #NVIDIARubin making headlines this month, here’s a reminder of just how far #VeraRubin’s legacy reaches across science, space, and culture.
Read more 👇
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/what-else-named-after-carnegie-astronomer-vera-rubin
#VeraRubin #DarkMatter #WomenInScience #Astronomy
Read more 👇
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/what-else-named-after-carnegie-astronomer-vera-rubin
#VeraRubin #DarkMatter #WomenInScience #Astronomy
Did you know some stars come with their own "space weather stations?"
This morning at #AAS247, Carnegie’s Luke Bouma shared how these features—found around ~10% of young M dwarf stars—can help reveal how stars shape the habitability of their planets.
Read more👇
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This morning at #AAS247, Carnegie’s Luke Bouma shared how these features—found around ~10% of young M dwarf stars—can help reveal how stars shape the habitability of their planets.
Read more👇
carnegiescience.edu/naturally-oc...
Naturally occurring “space weather station” elucidates new way to study habitability of planets orbiting M dwarf stars
Carnegie's Luke Bouma presented exciting new research at the American Astronomical Society meeting revealing how large clumps of cool plasma that are trapped in an M dwarf star's magnetosphere can be…
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January 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Did you know some stars come with their own "space weather stations?"
This morning at #AAS247, Carnegie’s Luke Bouma shared how these features—found around ~10% of young M dwarf stars—can help reveal how stars shape the habitability of their planets.
Read more👇
carnegiescience.edu/naturally-oc...
This morning at #AAS247, Carnegie’s Luke Bouma shared how these features—found around ~10% of young M dwarf stars—can help reveal how stars shape the habitability of their planets.
Read more👇
carnegiescience.edu/naturally-oc...
Calling all CA-based undergrads. It's time to apply for #CASSI 2026!
CASSI interns spend 10 weeks of their summer at the @CarnegieScience Observatories exploring the cosmos alongside world-class scientists.
Apply Today👇
carnegiescience.edu/cassi
CASSI interns spend 10 weeks of their summer at the @CarnegieScience Observatories exploring the cosmos alongside world-class scientists.
Apply Today👇
carnegiescience.edu/cassi
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Calling all CA-based undergrads. It's time to apply for #CASSI 2026!
CASSI interns spend 10 weeks of their summer at the @CarnegieScience Observatories exploring the cosmos alongside world-class scientists.
Apply Today👇
carnegiescience.edu/cassi
CASSI interns spend 10 weeks of their summer at the @CarnegieScience Observatories exploring the cosmos alongside world-class scientists.
Apply Today👇
carnegiescience.edu/cassi
🎉 Congratulations to Carnegie geochemist Steven Shirey, who received the @agu.org's 2025 Harry H. Hess Medal last night at #AGU25.
A well-deserved honor recognizing Shirey’s lifetime contributions to understanding Earth’s evolution. 🌍🔬
https://bit.ly/4pLFrqX
A well-deserved honor recognizing Shirey’s lifetime contributions to understanding Earth’s evolution. 🌍🔬
https://bit.ly/4pLFrqX
Steven B. Shirey awarded AGU’s Hess Medal
Carnegie Staff Scientist Steven Shirey will be awarded the American Geophysical Union's Hess Medal for his contributions to geochemistry research.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Carnegie geochemist Steven Shirey, who received the @agu.org's 2025 Harry H. Hess Medal last night at #AGU25.
A well-deserved honor recognizing Shirey’s lifetime contributions to understanding Earth’s evolution. 🌍🔬
https://bit.ly/4pLFrqX
A well-deserved honor recognizing Shirey’s lifetime contributions to understanding Earth’s evolution. 🌍🔬
https://bit.ly/4pLFrqX
A Carnegie-led team of astronomers has reported the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky exoplanet—and it's in a place no one expected. (🧵)
🔗 carnegiescience.edu/ultra-hot-lava-world-has-thick-atmosphere-upending-expectations
🔗 carnegiescience.edu/ultra-hot-lava-world-has-thick-atmosphere-upending-expectations
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A Carnegie-led team of astronomers has reported the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky exoplanet—and it's in a place no one expected. (🧵)
🔗 carnegiescience.edu/ultra-hot-lava-world-has-thick-atmosphere-upending-expectations
🔗 carnegiescience.edu/ultra-hot-lava-world-has-thick-atmosphere-upending-expectations
Undergrads, this could be you! Applications are officially open for #EPIIC2026.
📌 Earth & Planets Laboratory (in D.C.)
📆 June 1 - August 7
🔬 Hands-on research in planetary science, geophysics, geochemistry, & more
💪 Professional development & mentorship
Learn more & apply👇
https://bit.ly/4oOlRZy
📌 Earth & Planets Laboratory (in D.C.)
📆 June 1 - August 7
🔬 Hands-on research in planetary science, geophysics, geochemistry, & more
💪 Professional development & mentorship
Learn more & apply👇
https://bit.ly/4oOlRZy
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Undergrads, this could be you! Applications are officially open for #EPIIC2026.
📌 Earth & Planets Laboratory (in D.C.)
📆 June 1 - August 7
🔬 Hands-on research in planetary science, geophysics, geochemistry, & more
💪 Professional development & mentorship
Learn more & apply👇
https://bit.ly/4oOlRZy
📌 Earth & Planets Laboratory (in D.C.)
📆 June 1 - August 7
🔬 Hands-on research in planetary science, geophysics, geochemistry, & more
💪 Professional development & mentorship
Learn more & apply👇
https://bit.ly/4oOlRZy
POV: You walk into a physics lab and see someone firing protons...at frog eggs?
Welcome to Carnegie in the 1940s, where nuclear physics smashed into biology and sparked a whole new field. #ScienceHistory
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
Welcome to Carnegie in the 1940s, where nuclear physics smashed into biology and sparked a whole new field. #ScienceHistory
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
POV: You walk into a physics lab and see someone firing protons...at frog eggs?
Welcome to Carnegie in the 1940s, where nuclear physics smashed into biology and sparked a whole new field. #ScienceHistory
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
Welcome to Carnegie in the 1940s, where nuclear physics smashed into biology and sparked a whole new field. #ScienceHistory
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
When a group of nuclear physicists decided to study life instead of atoms, everything changed.
Their interdisciplinary leap helped shape the rise of modern molecular biology.
Here’s how it happened ↓
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
Their interdisciplinary leap helped shape the rise of modern molecular biology.
Here’s how it happened ↓
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When a group of nuclear physicists decided to study life instead of atoms, everything changed.
Their interdisciplinary leap helped shape the rise of modern molecular biology.
Here’s how it happened ↓
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
Their interdisciplinary leap helped shape the rise of modern molecular biology.
Here’s how it happened ↓
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/atoms-cells-history-biophysics-section
We’re excited to announce that astronomer Michael R. Blanton has been named the 12th Director of the Carnegie Science Observatories!
He joins us from New York University, where he served as Director of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics. (1/5)
Full Press Release👇
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He joins us from New York University, where he served as Director of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics. (1/5)
Full Press Release👇
buff.ly/JZ0J81w
Carnegie Science Names Michael Blanton 12th Observatories Director
Blanton will lead historic division that was once a scientific home to Edwin Hubble
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December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We’re excited to announce that astronomer Michael R. Blanton has been named the 12th Director of the Carnegie Science Observatories!
He joins us from New York University, where he served as Director of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics. (1/5)
Full Press Release👇
buff.ly/JZ0J81w
He joins us from New York University, where he served as Director of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics. (1/5)
Full Press Release👇
buff.ly/JZ0J81w
New PNAS study shows that life’s signature lingers in rocks long after the original biomolecules are gone. Hazen, Wong (@miquai.bsky.social) & Prabhu (@anirudhprabhu.bsky.social) found chemical traces of ancient life in 3.3 BYO rocks.
Let’s get into it. (1/6)
👉 carnegiescience.edu/chemical-evi...
Let’s get into it. (1/6)
👉 carnegiescience.edu/chemical-evi...
Chemical evidence of ancient life detected in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks
New study shows life’s signature still exists in rocks long after the original biomolecules are gone.
carnegiescience.edu
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New PNAS study shows that life’s signature lingers in rocks long after the original biomolecules are gone. Hazen, Wong (@miquai.bsky.social) & Prabhu (@anirudhprabhu.bsky.social) found chemical traces of ancient life in 3.3 BYO rocks.
Let’s get into it. (1/6)
👉 carnegiescience.edu/chemical-evi...
Let’s get into it. (1/6)
👉 carnegiescience.edu/chemical-evi...
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Great to join @miquai.bsky.social and the folks at @carnegiescience.bsky.social this morning to talk about Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean and, among other things, the existential risk of #SolarStorms. Check out Mike’s forthcoming book - an argument for a new force of nature! #Space
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Great to join @miquai.bsky.social and the folks at @carnegiescience.bsky.social this morning to talk about Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean and, among other things, the existential risk of #SolarStorms. Check out Mike’s forthcoming book - an argument for a new force of nature! #Space
Achievement unlocked: Top 0.1% of scientists worldwide!
We're delighted to spot two Carnegie scientists among @clarivateag.bsky.social's #HighlyCited2025. Congratulations to Joseph A. Berry and Lorenzo Rosa!
Learn more about their work👇
bit.ly/4riqrlB
We're delighted to spot two Carnegie scientists among @clarivateag.bsky.social's #HighlyCited2025. Congratulations to Joseph A. Berry and Lorenzo Rosa!
Learn more about their work👇
bit.ly/4riqrlB
Two Carnegie Scientists Named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers
Joseph A. Berry and Lorenzo Rosa have been named among Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researchers.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Achievement unlocked: Top 0.1% of scientists worldwide!
We're delighted to spot two Carnegie scientists among @clarivateag.bsky.social's #HighlyCited2025. Congratulations to Joseph A. Berry and Lorenzo Rosa!
Learn more about their work👇
bit.ly/4riqrlB
We're delighted to spot two Carnegie scientists among @clarivateag.bsky.social's #HighlyCited2025. Congratulations to Joseph A. Berry and Lorenzo Rosa!
Learn more about their work👇
bit.ly/4riqrlB
ICYMI: Last week, @calebscharf.bsky.social asked us to imagine space exploration as life’s next "Giant Leap" during our most recent #NeighborhoodLecture.
We pulled out 5 of the most mind-blowing ideas and posted the full recording here.👇🤯
carnegiescience.edu/five-ways-ca...
We pulled out 5 of the most mind-blowing ideas and posted the full recording here.👇🤯
carnegiescience.edu/five-ways-ca...
Five ways Caleb Scharf’s "The Giant Leap" might rewire how you think about life
At a recent Neighborhood Lecture, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf invited audiences to see space exploration not as a race to new worlds, but as biology in motion—life extending its reach beyond Eart...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
ICYMI: Last week, @calebscharf.bsky.social asked us to imagine space exploration as life’s next "Giant Leap" during our most recent #NeighborhoodLecture.
We pulled out 5 of the most mind-blowing ideas and posted the full recording here.👇🤯
carnegiescience.edu/five-ways-ca...
We pulled out 5 of the most mind-blowing ideas and posted the full recording here.👇🤯
carnegiescience.edu/five-ways-ca...
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New video! My full presentation about The Giant Leap to a live audience at @carnegiescience.bsky.social is now online! We grappled with science, philosophy, and the meaning of life! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1V...
The Giant Leap
YouTube video by Carnegie Science
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New video! My full presentation about The Giant Leap to a live audience at @carnegiescience.bsky.social is now online! We grappled with science, philosophy, and the meaning of life! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1V...
The Greater Pleiades Complex is making headlines!
The New York Times featured new research that reveals thousands of “lost sisters” of the Pleiades—and Carnegie's Luke Bouma shared how the discovery helps astronomers trace our stellar origins. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/s...
The New York Times featured new research that reveals thousands of “lost sisters” of the Pleiades—and Carnegie's Luke Bouma shared how the discovery helps astronomers trace our stellar origins. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/s...
The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Greater Pleiades Complex is making headlines!
The New York Times featured new research that reveals thousands of “lost sisters” of the Pleiades—and Carnegie's Luke Bouma shared how the discovery helps astronomers trace our stellar origins. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/s...
The New York Times featured new research that reveals thousands of “lost sisters” of the Pleiades—and Carnegie's Luke Bouma shared how the discovery helps astronomers trace our stellar origins. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/s...
The Seven Sisters just got a bigger family!
New research from a team including Carnegie astronomer Luke Bouma reveals the Pleiades are the core of a massive stellar complex spanning nearly 2,000 light-years.
Meet the ✨ Greater Pleiades Complex✨ :
bit.ly/3WSsheN
New research from a team including Carnegie astronomer Luke Bouma reveals the Pleiades are the core of a massive stellar complex spanning nearly 2,000 light-years.
Meet the ✨ Greater Pleiades Complex✨ :
bit.ly/3WSsheN
The Pleiades is part of an enormous stellar complex birthed by the same star-forming event
The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, is an often-observed star cluster named after an ancient Greek legend. New work indicates it is the core of a massive stellar complex that spreads over nearly 2,000…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Seven Sisters just got a bigger family!
New research from a team including Carnegie astronomer Luke Bouma reveals the Pleiades are the core of a massive stellar complex spanning nearly 2,000 light-years.
Meet the ✨ Greater Pleiades Complex✨ :
bit.ly/3WSsheN
New research from a team including Carnegie astronomer Luke Bouma reveals the Pleiades are the core of a massive stellar complex spanning nearly 2,000 light-years.
Meet the ✨ Greater Pleiades Complex✨ :
bit.ly/3WSsheN
It’s #NeighborhoodLecture night at the Earth & Planets Laboratory!
Join NASA astrobiologist and author Dr. Caleb Scharf (@calebscharf.bsky.social) for The Giant Leap—a look at how humanity’s move into space could reshape life itself.
⌛6:30 PM | NW DC | There's still time to RSVP!
🎟️ bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Join NASA astrobiologist and author Dr. Caleb Scharf (@calebscharf.bsky.social) for The Giant Leap—a look at how humanity’s move into space could reshape life itself.
⌛6:30 PM | NW DC | There's still time to RSVP!
🎟️ bit.ly/4qxBBT7
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s #NeighborhoodLecture night at the Earth & Planets Laboratory!
Join NASA astrobiologist and author Dr. Caleb Scharf (@calebscharf.bsky.social) for The Giant Leap—a look at how humanity’s move into space could reshape life itself.
⌛6:30 PM | NW DC | There's still time to RSVP!
🎟️ bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Join NASA astrobiologist and author Dr. Caleb Scharf (@calebscharf.bsky.social) for The Giant Leap—a look at how humanity’s move into space could reshape life itself.
⌛6:30 PM | NW DC | There's still time to RSVP!
🎟️ bit.ly/4qxBBT7
From spying on baby planets to gas giants that shouldn’t exist, our last #NeighborhoodLecture was a rare double feature on the extremes of world-building—told by two Carnegie postdocs.
🎥 Recording + recap: bit.ly/43VgArv
#PostdocAppreciation
🎥 Recording + recap: bit.ly/43VgArv
#PostdocAppreciation
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
From spying on baby planets to gas giants that shouldn’t exist, our last #NeighborhoodLecture was a rare double feature on the extremes of world-building—told by two Carnegie postdocs.
🎥 Recording + recap: bit.ly/43VgArv
#PostdocAppreciation
🎥 Recording + recap: bit.ly/43VgArv
#PostdocAppreciation
For the 1st time in 4 billion years, life has escaped its home planet!
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
The Giant Leap
NASA Astrobiologist and author Caleb Scharf explores how humanity’s expanding reach into space marks a pivotal moment in life’s evolution—revealing what it means for a species to step beyond its home ...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the 1st time in 4 billion years, life has escaped its home planet!
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
How do planets get wet? 💦
A new study in @Nature, led by Carnegie’s Anat Shahar & #CarnegieAlum Francesca Miozzi (now at @ethz.ch), shows that water can form naturally during planet formation when hydrogen-rich atmospheres meet molten rock.
No comets required. (1/9)
👉 bit.ly/48QEOXr
A new study in @Nature, led by Carnegie’s Anat Shahar & #CarnegieAlum Francesca Miozzi (now at @ethz.ch), shows that water can form naturally during planet formation when hydrogen-rich atmospheres meet molten rock.
No comets required. (1/9)
👉 bit.ly/48QEOXr
How do planets get wet? Experiments show water creation during planet formation process
Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years. New experimental work…
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October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How do planets get wet? 💦
A new study in @Nature, led by Carnegie’s Anat Shahar & #CarnegieAlum Francesca Miozzi (now at @ethz.ch), shows that water can form naturally during planet formation when hydrogen-rich atmospheres meet molten rock.
No comets required. (1/9)
👉 bit.ly/48QEOXr
A new study in @Nature, led by Carnegie’s Anat Shahar & #CarnegieAlum Francesca Miozzi (now at @ethz.ch), shows that water can form naturally during planet formation when hydrogen-rich atmospheres meet molten rock.
No comets required. (1/9)
👉 bit.ly/48QEOXr
Do you want to watch tonight's Kavli Prize program with Nancy Kanwisher and Frank Sesno? Join us to learn about how the brain shapes human connections.
Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/k4oLyBC...
Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/k4oLyBC...
Face Value: How the Brain Shapes Human Connection - Featuring Kavli Prize Laureate Nancy Kanwisher
YouTube video by Carnegie Science
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October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Do you want to watch tonight's Kavli Prize program with Nancy Kanwisher and Frank Sesno? Join us to learn about how the brain shapes human connections.
Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/k4oLyBC...
Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/k4oLyBC...
At Carnegie Science, we study the origin and evolution of everything, says President John Mulchaey. Our expertise builds connections between the origins of "star stuff," the formation of planets, the rise of life, and the search for life elsewhere.
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
At Carnegie Science, we study the origin and evolution of everything, says President John Mulchaey. Our expertise builds connections between the origins of "star stuff," the formation of planets, the rise of life, and the search for life elsewhere.
Thank you to the 500+ guests who joined us for a day of discovery at our first-ever #EPLOpenHouse. It was a blast—literally! 🌋
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thank you to the 500+ guests who joined us for a day of discovery at our first-ever #EPLOpenHouse. It was a blast—literally! 🌋
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
A newly discovered asteroid travels around the Sun in just 128 days—the second-fastest unique asteroid orbit in the Solar System. First observed by Carnegie's Scott Sheppard, the asteroid—called 2025 SC79—was found hiding in the Sun’s glare. carnegiescience.edu/news/fast-mo...
October 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A newly discovered asteroid travels around the Sun in just 128 days—the second-fastest unique asteroid orbit in the Solar System. First observed by Carnegie's Scott Sheppard, the asteroid—called 2025 SC79—was found hiding in the Sun’s glare. carnegiescience.edu/news/fast-mo...