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Our Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory maintains an active public outreach program designed to share the joy of astronomy with Chilean students and educators, as well as Spanish-speaking astronomy enthusiasts around the world. Help us say #HBDCarnegieScience! Learn More: carnegiescience.edu/donate-to-scie…



The Carnegie Astronomy environment reflects the values of an institution dedicated to enabling brilliant scientists to pursue their ideas with complete freedom. Learn more about our campuses as we get ready to say #HBDCarnegieScience next week: carnegiescience.edu/obs/obs-campus


🚀 You may know Jane Rigby from the public unveiling of #JWST’s 1st images—but DYK she’s also a #CarnegieAlum? As Senior Project Scientist for NASA Webb Telescope and a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, Rigby is shaping the future of space exploration. #HBDCarnegieScience


Telescopes as time machines? In this 2023 lecture, #CarnegieAlum Jane Rigby shares stories about how NASA Webb Telescope is unlocking the universe’s secrets and the people who made it possible. #HBDCarnegieScience 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=DVjoDh…




Using a series of plates captured on Mount Wilson Observatory's 100-inch telescope, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos, proving the universe 🌌 exists beyond our galaxy and is continually expanding. Learn more: carnegiescience.edu/about/history/… #HBDCarnegieScience 🎂




If we want to keep pushing what we can learn about the cosmos, we need to keep pushing that we build, says Giant Magellan Telescope Chief Scientist Rebecca Bernstein opening tonight's Astronomy Lecture at The Huntington.


Astronomy has the power to awe and inspire people around the world says Giant Magellan Telescope Chief Scientist Rebecca Bernstein.


The Giant Magellan Telescope is going to revolutionize all aspects of astronomy, explains Rebecca Bernstein a Carnegie astronomer and the project's Chief Scientist, speaking tonight at The Huntington.


Our Carnegie President John Mulchaey introduces our speaker at tonight's Astronomy Lecture at The Huntington, David Vartanyan, who will is talk to us about supernovae research.


I'm here to take you on an odyssey, a journey from stellar death to cosmic rebirth says David Vartanyan, opening tonight's Astronomy Lecture at The Huntington.


Supenova 1987a, first detected at Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory, was a landmark event for astronomers. David Vartanyan is taking us on a tour of supernovae through history at tonight's Astronomy Lecture at The Huntington.


¡El guardián de los Andes apareció en Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory ! El gato andino (Leopardus jacobita), uno de los felinos más enigmáticos y amenazados del mundo, fue visto estos días en LCO ¡y hasta se dejó fotografiar! 📸 Gracias a Abner Zapata, Nicole David, y Mauricio Flores.
