May
03
2018
Old plates, new data: Mysteries in the Observatories’ basement
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Cataloging Reflections by Kit Whitten, Carnegie Observatories Library Intern
Apr
05
2018
Carnegie Intern, Pomona Junior, Receives Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
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Pasadena, CA—Pomona College junior and returning Carnegie Observatories intern Sal Fu was awarded a Barry M.
Mar
23
2018
Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory celebrates astronomy in Chile
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La Serena, Chile—Last week, scientists and staff from Carnegie’s Las Campanas Observatory volunteered for Astroday 2018 at a 170-year-old school in the nearby city of Las Serena, the Colegio Seminario Conciliar.
Mar
23
2018
Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory celebrates astronomy in Chile
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La Serena, Chile—Last week, scientists and staff from Carnegie’s Las Campanas Observatory volunteered for Astroday 2018 at a 170-year-old school in the nearby city of Las Serena, the Colegio Seminario Conciliar.
Mar
21
2018
Letter from the Director: March 2018
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Photos of the Carnegie DTM flag flying on top of the brigatine Carnegie in 1928 [left] and on the International Space Station in 2016 [right]. Photos courtesy DTM Archives and Robert S. Kimbrough/NASA ISS Dear Friends, I hope 2018 is finding you well. The spring edition of our Carnegie...
Feb
08
2018
Are you rocky or are you gassy? Carnegie astronomers help unlock the mysteries of super-Earths
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Pasadena, CA— A star about 100 light years away in the Pisces constellation, GJ 9827, hosts what may be one of the most massive and dense super-Earth planets detected to date, according to new research led by Carnegie’s Johanna Teske.
Jan
09
2018
A century of cepheids: Two astronomers, a hundred years apart, use stars to measure the universe
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National Harbor, MD—How far away is that galaxy?
Jan
09
2018
A century of cepheids: Two astronomers, 100 years apart, use stars to measure the universe
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National Harbor, MD—How far away is that galaxy?
Jan
09
2018
The long and short of it: Iron-rich stars host shorter-period planets
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National Harbor, MD—Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have learned that the chemical composition of a star can exert unexpected influence on its planetary system—a discovery made possible by an ongoing
Jan
03
2018
Letter from the Director: January 2018
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Photo of the Swope telescope by Consuelo González Ávila Dear Friends, I'm happy to share with you our first newsletter of 2018. The last year was an incredible one at The Observatories—certainly the most exciting in my 23 years. In August, our scientists helped usher in a new era of astronomy when...
