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#EPLOpenHouse26 is THIS SATURDAY. We've got 20+ hands-on science stations, science snacks, an #AskAScientist booth, and 125 years of science history.

P.S. One of the scientists will be playing some out-of-this-world live music. Can you guess who?

👇 https://t.co/7qvt0bGht4

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👻 Part science talk, part comedy show: don't miss our spooky social with @helloscicom at @caveatnyc Oct. 29.

Astronomer Scott Sheppard will explore what lurks in the darkest reaches of the Solar System—plus trivia, costumes, and space candy! 21+

🎟 https://t.co/rtM7FScRIm

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🌋 The trash-cano is back! Join us Sat., Oct. 24, 1–4 p.m. at the #EPLOpenHouse on Broad Branch Rd NW, DC, for 20+ science stations, prizes, live music, ask-a-scientist & more!

Free & family-friendly. Will we see you there? (Special gift if you RSVP 🎁)
https://t.co/yZDUQ0gFBR

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Archivist Kit Whitten opens the vault for #AskAnArchivist Day!

🔒 Keeping data safe isn’t a new problem. George Ellery Hale built a vault to protect our astronomers’ glass plates from fire—it now holds 200,000+ from 1892–1994. #Carnegie125

Got questions for Kit? Reply below!👇

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For #NobelWeek: a white-eyed fly, a crowded lab, and discoveries that helped build modern genetics.

Explore the Carnegie Science-supported research behind Thomas Hunt Morgan’s 1933 #NobelPrize and Edith Wallace’s scientific illustrations.

#Carnegie125
https://t.co/pXhPtbWFbH

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☃️ It's time to choose the 2026 Carnegie Science holiday card!

We've narrowed dozens of entries down to three spectacular science images. Now, we need your vote to choose the winner!

Polls are open from now through October 6. View the finalists & vote👇
https://t.co/shB2eaR1LD

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Not every rivalry at Carnegie goes through peer review. 🏓 👀

Postdocs come from around the world & stay only a few years, so the community has to grow fast. At EPL, that's what ping-pong is for! Our #Carnegie125 object for #PostdocAppreciationWeek 👇
https://t.co/hzjcqXxE5j

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As #PostdocAppreciationWeek wraps up, we want to say thank you to our postdocs!

Your curiosity, drive, & talent energize Carnegie Science's campuses. From @CarnegiePres John Mulchaey: "It's our honor and privilege to call you colleagues."

Apply today👇
https://t.co/GIaFqMkWWJ

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The telescopes at Las Campanas may stay in the mountains, but this lab is built to move!

Object 22 of #Carnegie125 is @LCOAstro's LabMóvil, a 30+ foot mobile lab bringing hands-on astronomy to schools across northern Chile.

https://t.co/aLCfqXUVMj

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“Carnegie needs a leader at LCO w/ the scientific & technical breadth to understand new opportunities emerging from new technologies, new questions, and a more & more interconnected system."

"Guillermo is that person."

- Michael Blanton | Director, OBS

[Giant Magellan Telescope @giantmagellan]

The Atacama Desert is one of the best places on Earth for astronomical observations. @carnegiescience’s Guillermo Blanc shares why this region is uniquely powerful for science: https://t.co/uC3PaZrAHZ #giantdiscoveries

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“LCO has the best observatory staff in all of Chile, perhaps in the entire world, and I feel privileged to lead them as we prepare for an exciting future of new discoveries.”

-Guillermo Blanc (@gblancm), Director @LCOAstro

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Carnegie Science: Guillermo Blanc Named Director of Las Campanas Observatory https://t.co/rWMtcwHgrI

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Carnegie Science: Guillermo Blanc Named Director of Las Campanas Observatory https://t.co/rWMtcwHgrI

[Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory @LCOAstro]

El astrónomo Guillermo Blanc ha sido nombrado Director de @LCOAstro . Blanc sucede al Director Emérito Leopoldo Infante, quien se jubil�� a fines de 2025 ⬇️

https://t.co/TrNdS86N0V

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🙌 Astronomer Guillermo Blanc has been named Director of @CarnegieScience's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile—home of the twin Magellan telescopes & future site of the @GiantMagellan. @uchile @gblancm @LCOAstro @UTAustin

Full Press Release 👇
https://t.co/i0vBCkKFIP

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Happy #InternationalMicroorganismDay! 🦠

Meet Chalmy (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii), the tiny green alga in our logo. Carnegie plant scientists have studied it for decades to probe big questions about photosynthesis.

See how Adrien Burlacot uses it today: https://t.co/rikc31zoMu

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@Caltech @USCDornsife @jbprime More on El-Naggar's appointment, BSE's move to Pasadena, and the Carnegie–Caltech alliance: https://t.co/uxEMyyGG0h

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In October, Moh El-Naggar joins Carnegie as the director of our Biosphere Sciences & Engineering division (BSE).

He steps into the role just as our biologists set up new labs on the @Caltech campus as part of our relocation to Southern California. ����

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@Caltech El-Naggar will remain a professor at @USCDornsife, where he'll continue running his research group and advising graduate students and postdocs.

Dean James Bullock—@jbprime—on what that connection means: