The Carnegie Institution for Science is dedicated to scientific discovery and supporting exceptional individuals in an atmosphere of independence.https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mlbfnvsswb23POV: Jeff Rich is about to fit the universe into your classroom 🌌✨ Happy #InternationalDayOfPlanetariums! Inside our portable planetarium, kids explore the Solar System, go stargazing in Chile, and travel in time—all from their own classroom. 🔭✨ Learn more: https://bit.ly/3PqHHGY #Carnegie12507 May 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbfnvsswb23https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3ml7oafrxij2rOne of our most beloved of our educational initiatives fits inside the trunk of a car! The Inflatable Planetarium is the ninth object in the #Carnegie125 series. We sat down with Outreach Coordinator Jeff Rich to learn more. Read the full Q&A👇 carnegiescience.edu/object-9-inflatable-planetarium06 May 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7oafrxij2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3ml7lbijpcd23🤯 🏝️ Want to know the REAL mystery of Bermuda? At a recent #NeighborhoodLecture, #CarnegiePostdoc William Frazer took us beyond the triangle to one of the strangest puzzles in modern geology: Why does Bermuda even exist to begin with? Good news, we recorded it for you: bit.ly/4tUuhlK06 May 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7lbijpcd23https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mkqihx3vsz27Object 10 of our #Carnegie125 series: a Washington Post clipping and a worn grey notebook. These two objects are windows into Lunch Club, the oldest surviving tradition at our Earth and Planets Laboratory's Broad Branch Road campus. Full story + Cookcook Download:bit.ly/4ef5aFb30 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqihx3vsz27https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mknxz4witw25So, you want to buy a telescope? Carnegie experts share advice for stargazers who are ready to graduate to being amateur astronomers with their own telescopes. 🔭 carnegiescience.edu/so-you-want-buy-telescope #BackyardAstronomers #CitizenScienceMonth #Stargazers #Telescope 29 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknxz4witw25https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mklhk45vx225So you want to be a stargazer, but you don't know how to get started? Carnegie Science Observatories astronomers are here to help—no telescope required. Step one? Look up! 👁️ 👁️ carnegiescience.edu/stargazing-without-telescope28 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklhk45vx225https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mk4lmxkzml2qWe know we tend to spend a lot of time talking about the "planets" part of the Earth & Planets Laboratory. But our hands-down favorite planet of all time is still the one we live on. Happy #EarthDay! Learn how we study our home among the stars. 👇 carnegiescience.edu/our-research/earth-science22 Apr 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4lmxkzml2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mjzubo637h2iA seismic mystery lurks beneath Bermuda. Join us for a special #NeighborhoodLecture as Carnegie postdoc William Frazer goes beyond the triangle to uncover the truth! 🔺🏝️🕵️🪨🤯 🗓️ April 30 @ 6:30 PM ET 📍 Earth & Planets Laboratory | Washington, D.C. 🔗 bit.ly/geo-mystery 21 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzubo637h2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mjwz2h6ifv27Object 8 of #Carnegie125 is an embosser from the early 1900s that once stamped our official seal. For more than a century, that mark appeared on publications, the Year Book, swag, and even a ceramic core used to cast a Magellan telescope mirror. 👉 https://bit.ly/48aBIMN https://carnegiescience.edu/object-8-carnegie-science-seal20 Apr 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwz2h6ifv27https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3miwtcdqjzz2gThis #EarthMonth, let's celebrate the planet we call home—from the inside out! What do you love most about Earth? Is it the magnetic field that shields us from radiation? The plants that oxygenate our air? The microbes that cycle nutrients? The volcanoes that reshape the crust? 07 Apr 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwtcdqjzz2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mip4dxj3ab2aHow far back can one star take us? Carnegie astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier helped identify the most pristine known star, a record-setting relic that offers a rare window into the dawn of stars and galaxies. Full story 👉 bit.ly/3QkewW004 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mip4dxj3ab2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mim66t373d2fTOI-5205 b is a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a star less than half the mass of our Sun. A planet so unlikely that astronomers call it "forbidden." Now, a team including Carnegie's Shubham Kanodia has found that it's even weirder than we thought. 👉 https://bit.ly/4dKaX5x #JWST #Exoplanets03 Apr 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim66t373d2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mifbvk4i5b2pOn the last day of #WomensHistoryMonth, we're sharing the story of a female first! Object 7 in our #Carnegie125 series is the first known spectrographic plate taken by a woman at Mount Wilson Observatory. Meet Jennie Belle Lasby: https://bit.ly/4s5yFfI #WomensHistoryMonth31 Mar 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifbvk4i5b2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mif2ifquk527Great science begins with great questions. We spoke with some of the researchers at Carnegie Science who are working to make sure more people get the chance to ask them! Read the full Q&A 👇 bit.ly/4sTbSoL31 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif2ifquk527https://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3micjzgtwwc2aFor the first time, astronomers, including Carnegie's Jeff Rich, used galactic archaeology techniques to trace the chemical "fossil record" of a galaxy outside our own Milky Way. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4tczfJz #CarnegieAstronomy #CarnegieObservatories30 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3micjzgtwwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mi7zkhicjm2a#ICYMI: Carnegie astrobiologist @Miquai visited our friends at @SciFri to talk about the biology of @ProjectHailMary. 🪨 #Amaze “Things like body plans, what kind of symmetry you have, those could be locked in early on due to a chance mutation." https://bit.ly/4s3aWwO https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/project-hail-mary-rocky-the-alien/29 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7zkhicjm2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mi5j4mflcq2aStart your week off w/ one of the biggest mysteries in our universe! Join us as Carnegie's Andrew Robertson shines a light on #DarkMatter. 📅 3/30 @ 7pm PT 📍@TheHuntington—San Marino, CA #AstronomyLectureSeries Can't make it? Follow along online👇 carnegiescience.edu/shining-light-dark-matter28 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5j4mflcq2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mhvxf4qxbd2aSome of us doodle cubes & daisies. Vera Rubin, unsurprisingly, doodled galaxies. Object 6 in our #Carnegie125 series is a page of spiral doodles from the Carnegie astronomer who showed dark matter exists—w/ clues about her day hidden in the margins. #WomensHistory More details 👉 bit.ly/3NLEAIL25 Mar 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvxf4qxbd2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mheegigosk2lObject 5 | Carnegie's Dr. Elizabeth Ramsey spent nearly 60 years becoming one of the world's foremost authorities on the human placenta. This diagram of placental circulation by Ranice W. Crosby captures her work. 👇 bit.ly/4cQp4pl18 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mheegigosk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mgzrjecunp2bPi shows up anywhere nature curves, rotates, or radiates. When you study everything from Earth's core to exoplanets to how plants grow, it's basically everywhere. Happy #PiDay from Carnegie Science. 🥧14 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzrjecunp2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mgsr5xbhru2e🚀 The Earth & Planets Laboratory is headed to #AwesomeCon2026, and this year, YOU'RE in the captain's chair! Ask smart questions. Read the clues. Trust your gut. Then commit to a space mission…without knowing where you're going. 🗓 Friday, March 13 | 🕑 1:30–2:15 PM | 📍 Room 206 | bit.ly/4bfHpcW11 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsr5xbhru2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mgsqa32yh32jMeet Henrietta Swope—the Carnegie astronomer whose science and quiet generosity are still shaping discoveries today. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sELyOI #WomensHistoryMonth #WomeninSTEM 11 Mar 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsqa32yh32jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mgqaqidder2j🤯 Water may be more common than we ever imagined! Tune in next Monday as Carnegie's Anat Shahar walks us through her groundbreaking research showing how water could form naturally in a planet's early years. 📅 March 16 | 7:00 PM PT 📍 The Huntington, San Marino, CA 🔗 https://bit.ly/4s1wPxp 10 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqaqidder2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mgipc7bfvl2cEvery time we point #JWST at something, the universe surprises us. Here are six of the wildest discoveries so far—from teenage galaxies to diamond rain. 🔭 👉 carnegiescience.edu/six-wild-discoveries-jwst07 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgipc7bfvl2chttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mgg6te7otr2eWhat are distant worlds made of? Carnegie’s new Henrietta Infrared Spectrograph will help answer that—bringing alien planets into sharper focus than ever before. Read the story ↓ https://carnegiescience.edu/unveiling-atmospheres-distant-worlds 06 Mar 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgg6te7otr2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mg45ekbxvt2bIt's #WomensHistoryMonth, and we're kicking it off with object No. 3 in our #Carnegie125 series: a $1,000 grant application that helped change biology forever. 🔗 https://carnegiescience.edu/nettie-stevens-grant02 Mar 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg45ekbxvt2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mfu7afvm3g2bThis Monday (3/2), we're kicking off our #AstronomyLectureSeries at The Huntington w/ ULTRAVIOLET SUSPECTS. Go back in time with #CarnegieObservatories' Tony Pahl, who uses UV light from early galaxies to uncover the universe's dramatic beginnings. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4qZEZow #HuntingtonLecture 27 Feb 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu7afvm3g2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mfklgltcda2o"Yes, I'm always a fan of drama." - Shreyas Vissapragada, Hale Scholar, Carnegie Science Vissapragada's research aims to uncover the complex life stories of exoplanets—and he has a particular interest in worlds with dramatic backstories. Q&A: https://carnegiescience.edu/wanted-exoplanets-flair-drama23 Feb 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfklgltcda2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carnegiescience.bsky.social/post/3mffirclnlr2k🤯 What if there's a missing law of nature? Join @CarnegiePlanets' Bob Hazen & Mike Wong as they unveil their new book Time's Second Arrow—moderated by NPR Short Wave's Regina Barber. 🏆 Win a signed copy! 📅 3/18 | 6:30 PM ET 📍Washington, D.C. 🎟️ https://bit.ly/4cELw4w 21 Feb 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:yowpcrtrlsftk33eim4fc7gl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffirclnlr2k