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Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org

Kimberly M. S. Cartier

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Senior Science Reporter for Eos.org, joined the Eos staff in 2017 after earning her Ph.D. studying extrasolar planets. Kimberly covers space science, climate change, and STEM diversity, justice, and education

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Trio of Space Weather Satellites Take Flight

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 September 202524 September 2025

These three satellites will that study the solar wind and its impacts.

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Major Droughts Coincided with Classic Maya Collapse

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 September 202524 September 2025

Understanding how individual cities responded to climate stress will help create holistic pictures of how these societies functioned.

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Posted inNews

Hayabusa2’s Final Target is 3 Times Smaller Than We Thought

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 18 September 202518 September 2025

It also spins twice as fast as previous estimates suggested. A spacecraft touchdown will be challenging, but not impossible.

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Tilted Planet System? Maybe It Was Born That Way

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 September 202517 September 2025

New observations could shed light on the degree to which misalignment in a planet-forming disk contributes to skewed planetary orbits.

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Posted inFeatures

How an Interstellar Interloper Spurred Astronomers into Action

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 September 202510 February 2026

Valuable lessons from previous interstellar objects allowed scientists to develop a more rapid response when the third one arrived in July.

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Posted inNews

Bridging Old and New Gravity Data Adds 10 Years to Sea Level Record

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 September 20253 September 2025

The remarkable agreement between the two techniques shows how scientists can bolster state-of-the-art gravimetry instruments with old-guard altimetry satellites.

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FEMA Puts Dissenting Staff on Indefinite Leave

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 August 202527 August 2025

More than a dozen FEMA staff, all signatories of that Katrina Declaration, were placed on indefinite administrative leave.

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Posted inFeatures

When Disaster Science Strikes Close to Home

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 August 202526 August 2025

How have scientists across Los Angeles used their skills to help their communities recover from the 2025 fires?

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Burning Urban and Wild Land Alike

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 August 202526 August 2025

When more densely populated Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned along with surrounding wildlands, hazards for residents didn’t stop when the fires were contained.

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NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 5 August 20252 February 2026

Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, Duffy and other senior NASA officials have continued to secretly direct NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellites missions specifically designed to monitor global carbon dioxide.

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