In "The Devil in the Dark," the silicon-based Horta go undetected by scans built for carbon-based life. Wong expects real ...

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

A record-setting pristine star provides a window into the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe. This groundbreaking find connects the work of two telescopes at Carnegie Science's Las Campanas ...

Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory is home to world-class telescopes and exciting discoveries. But it's also a devoted hub for sharing the universe with communities throughout Chile. LCO ...

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 ...

LuSEE-Night is a trailblazing radio experiment launching in late 2026 to the lunar farside, where it will pioneer ultra-long-wavelength astrophysics by observing in the Moon's shielded zone and make ...

Although the habitability of early Mars is now well established, its suitability for conditions favorable to an independent origin of life (OoL) has been less certain. With continued exploration, ...

On Thursday, October 29, at Caveat NYC on the Lower East Side Carnegie Science will host another night of science-themed fun and games. Something is out there. Several somethings, actually, and ...

Many previous studies have shown that a solar forcing must be greater than a CO2 forcing to cause the same global mean surface temperature change but a process-based mechanistic explanation is lacking ...

Washington, DC—The interiors of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune could be home to a previously unknown state of matter, according to new computational simulations by Carnegie’s Cong Liu and ...

Through school visits, public events, an inflatable planetarium, hands-on demonstrations, and Carnegie Observatories’ annual Open House, Outreach Coordinator Jeff Rich is connecting people—especially ...

Pasadena, CA—A team of scientists led by Harvard University’s Collin Cherubim and including Shreyas Vissapragada and other Carnegie astronomers has detected evidence of an atmosphere on a rocky planet ...