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Strange New Worlds: The Science of Star Trek

Boldly go where no Carnegie Science Neighborhood Lecture has gone before as we explore the science of Star Trek. Free and open to the public. Registration required. For nearly 60 years, Star Trek has ...
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Application Examples

We've collected several successful Carnegie Fellowship applications, which have been generously made available by previous postdoctoral fellows. Please note that these are only meant as examples, and ...
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Massimo Pascale (UCLA)

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Anna von Mertens

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Mia de los Reyes (Amherst)

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Earth & Planets Laboratory Open House

For the second year in a row, the Carnegie Science Earth & Planets Laboratory (EPL) is opening its doors for a free science Open House—and you're invited! Registration coming soon. At the Earth and ...
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Overview and Status of the Giant Magellan Telescope Project

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a 25.4-m diameter, optical/infrared telescope that is being built by an international consortium of universities and research institutions as one of the next ...
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Cool, Luminous, and Highly Variable Stars in the Magellanic Clouds from ASAS-SN: Implications for Thorne-Zytkow Objects and Super-asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

O'Grady, Anna J. G.; Drout, Maria R.; Shappee, B. J.; Bauer, Evan B.; Fuller, Jim; Kochanek, C. S.; Jayasinghe, T.; Gaensler, B. M.; Stanek, K. Z.; Holoien, Thomas W ...
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Crystallization of a hydrous magma ocean in the shallow lower mantle

The solidification of a deep magma ocean occurred early in Earth's history. Although the initial amount of H2O in Earth's magma ocean is predicted to be low (e.g., <3000 ppm), as an incompatible ...
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Observatories Open House

Every October, the Carnegie Science Observatories opens its doors to the public for a day of all-ages astronomical discovery and fun in the Sun.
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Continental-scale tree-ring-based projection of Douglas-fir growth: Testing the limits of space-for-time substitution

A central challenge in global change research is the projection of the future behavior of a system based upon past observations. Tree-ring data have been used increasingly over the last decade to ...
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Comprehensive imaging and Raman spectroscopy of carbonate globules from Martian meteorite ALH 84001 and a terrestrial analogue from Svalbard

We report a comprehensive imaging study including confocal microRaman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and 3-D extended focal imaging light microscopy of carbonate globules throughout ...