A record-setting pristine star provides a window into the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe. This groundbreaking ...

Sophisticated models predict that a quasi-one-dimensional superionic state of carbon hydride exists under the extreme ...

Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years. New experimental work ...

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The Henrietta Infrared Spectrograph will study alien atmospheres in unprecedented detail, transforming how we understand worlds beyond our Solar System. For centuries, people have looked at the night ...

When we look at planets in or beyond our Solar System, we see an atmosphere and perhaps a surface—if the atmosphere is thin enough—but their interiors are hidden from view. How can we determine what ...

Celebrate Rock Creek Park’s 135th birthday with Carnegie Science! At our table, you can interact with scientists who study Earth and space, build your own Solar System, safely look at the Sun, and ...

NASA Astrobiologist and author Caleb Scharf explores how humanity’s expanding reach into space marks a pivotal moment in life’s evolution—revealing what it means for a species to step beyond its home ...

10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02176.x Many plants increase in freezing tolerance in response to low temperature, a process known as cold acclimation. In Arabidopsis, cold acclimation involves action of the ...

We discuss the detailed composition of 28 extremely metal-poor (EMP) dwarfs, 22 of which are from the Hamburg/ESO Survey (HES), based on Keck echelle spectra. Our sample has a median [Fe/H] of - 2.7 ...

The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument onboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover detected so far some of the most intense ...