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The Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL) invites you to join astrobiologist, mineralogist, and author Dr. Robert M. Hazen, for a special presentation entitled, “Minerals: Earth’s Ultimate Time Capsules.” The […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. […]
Join the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory for a talk with Staff Scientist Dr. Conel Alexander titled "A new golden age for sample return missions." During the talk, attendees will get firsthand updates on recent sample return missions from space and learn how they are enabling a new era of discovery. Dr. Alexander will […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. Telescope viewing begins at the scheduled time. Arrive an hour earlier to see a free planetarium program at the Rock Creek Nature Center. This portion […]
On June 29, at 6:30pm, the Earth and Planets Laboratory will host a special Neighborhood Lecture honoring the late Carnegie astronomer Vera Rubin, the "Mother of Dark Matter." Guest speaker Rachael Beaton, an astronomer from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and alumna of the Carnegie-Princeton Postdoctoral Fellowship program, will discuss Rubin's groundbreaking observation confirming […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. Telescope viewing begins at the scheduled time. Arrive an hour earlier to see a free planetarium program at the Rock Creek Nature Center. This portion […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. Telescope viewing begins at the scheduled time. Arrive an hour earlier to see a free planetarium program at the Rock Creek Nature Center. This portion […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. Telescope viewing begins at the scheduled time. Arrive an hour earlier to see a free planetarium program at the Rock Creek Nature Center. This portion […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. Telescope viewing begins at the scheduled time. Arrive an hour earlier to see a free planetarium program at the Rock Creek Nature Center. This portion […]
Since 1948, Rock Creek Park has partnered with the National Capital Astronomers to host this evening stargazing program. Join them to see galaxies, nebula, planets and other deep space objects. Telescope viewing begins at the scheduled time. Arrive an hour earlier to see a free planetarium program at the Rock Creek Nature Center. This portion […]
Join the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory on December 7, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. for a talk with EPL Staff Scientist Dr. Peter Driscoll: "Is Earth’s core young at heart? The search for inner core formation using paleomagnetism and dynamo theory." In this program, Driscoll will describe how researchers are homing in on the […]
Bring your questions, your curiosity, and your interest in the night sky to an open forum, open door, open house in the Planetarium at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center. Here's your opportunity to talk directly to a PhD candidate in astronomy while enjoying the dome experience at the only planetarium within the National Park […]
Come and enjoy a program in the only planetarium in the National Park Service! The Stellar Star Show will be either a film about the night sky or a ranger-led program about the night sky. Find more details here.
Come and enjoy a program in the only planetarium in the National Park Service! The Stellar Star Show will be either a film about the night sky or a ranger-led program about the night sky. Find more details here.