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Artist's conception of neutron stars colliding, by Robin Dienel, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science

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Fieldwork at sea on the Atlantis research vessel. In January 2014 Carnegie's Dionysis Foustoukos, along with microbiologist and Carnegie postdoctoral fellow Ileana Peréz-Rodríguez and under-graduate student Matt Rawls of George Mason University, collected microorganisms from the volcanoes of the Pacific Ocean and cultured them onboard the oceanographic research vessel Atlantis.

January 02, 2014

Spotlight

The Geophysical Laboratory at the High Seas

Artist's conception of a planetary smashup whose debris was spotted by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009

October 01, 2013

Feature Story

How old is the moon? About 100 Million Years Younger Than We Once Thought

May 13, 2013

Feature Story

Long Lost Moon of Jupiter Found