In recent decades, life and physical scientists have built and harnessed new tools and concepts that allow us to robustly address seminal scientific questions about the origins of life on Earth, ...

From crust to core, experimental petrologists, we decipher the geological history of Earth and other planetary bodies and the processes that lead to surfaces capable of supporting life. Armed with the ...

Our Solar System is only one example of a planetary system. Thousands of other systems have been discovered, and most look very different than Earth and its sibling planets. Understanding what ...

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, minerals bear witness to the perpetual dance of matter and energy. Our researchers study these silent storytellers to uncover their hidden narratives and understand ...

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 ...

When an unsuspecting star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole, the star can be ripped apart by the black hole's immense gravity. As the black hole messily feeds on the star, it produces an ...