So, you’ve been stargazing with your naked eyes or a set of binoculars, but you’re eager to see further and more detail. It might be time for a telescope. But how do you get started? “A telescope is a ...

So you want to be a stargazer, but you don't know how to get started? Carnegie Science Observatories astronomers are here to help! The night sky has inspired humanity for millennia. From the ...

One of the most beloved of Carnegie Science's educational initiatives fits into the trunk of a car. The Inflatable Planetarium is the ninth featured item in our #Carnegie125 historic objects campaign.

The spatial extent of an extreme precipitation event can be important for a basin's hydrologic response and subsequent flood risk, and may yield insights into underlying atmospheric processes. Using a ...

The existence of optical-ultraviolet Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) could be considered surprising because their electromagnetic output was originally predicted to be dominated by X-ray emission from ...

Carnegie's newest scientific division, Biosphere Sciences & Engineering, is devoted to disrupting the traditional, siloed perspective on research in the life sciences and pursuing an integrated ...