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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While several processes are thought to be important in the early phase of planet formation, most theories converge on a final stage dominated by giant impacts that set the ultimate masses and orbital ...

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 ...

Vera Rubin provided the first observational evidence that supported of the existence of dark matter—the invisible material that makes up more than 80 percent of the mass of the universe. 1993: ...