Home About News Work With Us Events Resources Donate About Us At the Earth and Planets Laboratory, we work at the frontier of human knowledge. We discover new worlds, create new materials, illuminate the inner workings of our planet, and seek to understand the universe that is our home. In 2020 we merged the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (est.1904) and the Geophysical Lab (est.1905) to create a new multidisciplinary department. By combining a century of scientific trailblazing, we are better suited than ever to collaborate, discover, and innovate. Subscribe today About our research Upcoming Events Global search for ultra-low velocity zones at the core-mantle boundary Dr. Michael Thorne, University of Utah (General Seminar) Monday, December 6, 2021 - 11:00 Opportunities for Imaging the Planet Forming Environment with ALMA Dr. Ian Czekala, Penn State University (General Seminar) Monday, December 13, 2021 - 11:00 More events Past events Latest articles and news New ultrahard diamond glass synthesized Carnegie’s Yingwei Fei and Lin Wang were part of an international research team that synthesized a new ultrahard form of carbon glass with a wealth of potential practical applications for devices and electronics. It is the hardest known glass with the highest thermal conductivity among all glass materials. Their findings are published in Nature. $1.2 Million Grant Will Help Fund Instrument To Reveal Exoplanet Formation And Atmospheric Makeup In Unprecedented Detail Carnegie’s Alycia Weinberger and collaborators from the University of Texas at Austin and the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute received last month a $1.2 million grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to develop an instrument for the Magellan telescopes at Carnegie’s Las Campanas Observatory in Chile that will enable breakthroughs in our understanding of the planet formation process. More articles... Image Gallery Earth and Planets Laboratory scientists regularly explore our planet and the universe. Along the way they capture images of stunning landscapes, geophysical processes and data visualizations. Browse our online image gallery to share in the journey of scientific exploration and discovery. Browse Gallery Activity Applications are OPEN for our Summer Undergraduate Research Internships (SURI) We're hiring four postdoctoral fellowship positions. Apply today! NGA inducts DTM's first Director Louis Bauer into the Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame Subscribe to our newsletter Earth & Planets Laboratory 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015 Phone number: 202-478-8900 Contact | Careers | Internal Website Copyright © 2021 Earth & Planets Laboratory. Privacy Policy