He studies how water and other gases, such as hydrogen and helium, form and behave on the Moon, using lunar dust collected ...

The Hamilton Ohio-based company was contracted to build the gold vault at Fort Knox, as well as the vault to house the U.S.

Taken together, they constitute the longest continual record of sunspot activity with magnetic data ever made, and the 26th ...

In 1906, he began a photograph album that he would add to for several years, titling it The Human Side of Geo-Physics at ...

What do distant stars, the deepest oceans, and the origins of life have in common? Carbon! Join Carnegie Science and NPR's Short Wave for a special live podcast recording exploring the extraordinary ...

For the first time, astronomers used galactic archaeology techniques to trace the chemical "fossil record" of a galaxy outside our own Milky Way. Pasadena, CA—A team of astronomers, including Carnegie ...

A revolution is brewing in biology. Scientists are linking genomes to ecosystems in ways that cross disciplinary boundaries and define new fields of inquiry. Advances in biotechnology have shown that ...

What is radio astronomy? And how does it reveal the "exotic" and "energetic" physical phenomena that shape the universe? Carnegie Science Observatories researcher Allison Matthews takes us on a ...

Post-starburst galaxies are believed to be in a rapid transition between major merger starbursts and quiescent ellipticals. Their optical spectrum is dominated by A-type stars, suggesting a starburst ...

Modern synoptic time domain surveys are revolutionizing our understanding of compact objects in binary systems, and transforming the field of gravitational wave multi-messenger astrophysics. In this ...

Carnegie Science's mission is to advance investigation, research, and discovery, and to apply that knowledge for the improvement of humankind. We empower world-class investigators to pursue the ...

The distribution, accumulation and circulation of oxygen and hydrogen in Earth's interior dictate the geochemical evolution of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere(1). The oxygen-rich atmosphere ...