Washington, DC— Diamonds that formed deep in the Earth’s mantle contain evidence of chemical reactions that occurred on the seafloor. Probing these gems can help geoscientists understand how material ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are amongst the most energetic explosions in space, and are typically divided into two categories based on their duration. Short GRBs (< 2 s) originate from neutron star (NS) ...

The Drosophila Gateway™ Vector collection is a set of 68 Gateway-based vectors designed to express epitope-tagged proteins in Drosophila culture cells or flies. At its core is Invitrogen's Gateway™ ...

Large telescopes are custom-built and rare. There is no standard practice or model. Every time a large telescope is built, its designers must re-think the challenges, check every application, and ...

Despite being a widespread and common process, the impact of passive volcanic degassing on the pressurization state of a magma reservoir is not well understood. If mass loss due to gas emissions ...

Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged evidence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program, commonly referred to as “chemtrails” or “covert ...

Twenty years after MESSENGER revolutionized our understanding of Mercury, project head and former Carnegie Science director Sean Solomon talks about how the mission came together and the ...

Washington, DC— Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and his colleagues—Northern Arizona University’s Chad Trujillo, and the University of Hawaii’s David Tholen—are once again redefining our Solar System’s edge.

Many people have heard of Pangaea, the supercontinent that included all continents on Earth and began to break up about 175 million years ago. But before Pangaea, Earth’s landmasses ripped apart and ...

Washington, DC— The Sun has a new neighbor that was hiding in plain twilight. An asteroid that orbits the Sun in just 113 days—the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid and second shortest for ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope is poised to transform the field of astronomy. Carnegie Science astronomers share insights on the future of their field and how they plan to use the Giant Magellan to ...

Washington, DC —New research from a team led by Carnegie’s Robert Hazen predicts that Earth has more than 1,500 undiscovered minerals and that the exact mineral diversity of our planet is unique and ...