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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nitrite is a fleeting but revealing chemical intermediate that traces the balance between microbial production and consumption of nitrogen within the ocean’s oxygen-deficient zones and the productive ...

10 Cool Papers is our monthly roundup of recent research from across Carnegie Science. Each edition features a curated selection of new papers chosen by our three division directors and the president, ...

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 ...

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Drout, M. R.; Milisavljevic, D.; Parrent, J.; Margutti, R.; Kamble, A.; Soderberg, A. M.; Challis, P.; Chornock, R.; Fong, W.; Frank, S.; Gehrels, N.; Graham, M. L ...

The genus Oenothera (evening primrose) displays a unique combination of non-Mendelian genetic features, like permanent translocation heterozygosity and biparental transmission of plastids. They allow ...