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Ryugu samples arrive on campus
Samples of the asteroid Ryugu finally arrived at the EPL campus in mid-August 2021 after being delivered to Earth by JAXA’s Hayabusa 2 mission in late 2020. The arrival of Ryugu samples is pivotal for both scientists on campus and the entire field of cosmochemistry.
Read more...New roadmap to finding and assessing Earth-like exoplanets for habitability
This year, the Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Working Group (EPRV-WG) group, including Carnegie’s Johanna Teske, published their final report, which could transform the way we find and evaluate Earth-like exoplanets. Carnegie’s Alan Boss chaired NASA’s standing Exoplanet Exploration Program Technical Assessment Committee that reviewed and assessed the report prior to its release.
Read more...FAQ: Your asteroid questions answered!
From angular momentum to aliens, Larry Nittler answers your asteroid questions!
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Five key questions in cosmochemistry and geochemistry
The chemical signatures of rock and space dust hold clues to the deep histories of our planet, Solar System, and life itself—if you know where to look.
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Carnegie’s Anat Shahar is the lead investigator on an interdisciplinary, multi-institution research team that this spring was awarded nearly $1.5 million from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to understand the chemical makeup of our galaxy’s most common planets with a goal of developing a framework for detecting chemical signatures of life on distant worlds.
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