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Photo collage of the 2024 51 Pegasi b fellows.

Eight Scientists Awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy

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Journalism Grantee FRONTLINE Wins Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

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Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSAT Successfully Launches

Foundation Perspectives

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MethaneSAT: Q&A With Board Member Mark Heising

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Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $3 Million for Informing Gravity Theory

Letters from the President

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One Year Into My Role as President and CEO

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2024 Mosaic Prize Recipients Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa

American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa

Grantee Voices

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Q&A: Families Lead California

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Dr. Jochen Marschall Appointed Science Program Director

Letters from the President

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President’s Year-End Letter

Grantee Voices

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Gas Giants and Their Influence on the Cosmos and Careers

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Human Rights Day: Join Article 3’s Commemoration, “Still We Rise”