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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Planets are born from the rotating disk of gas and dust that surrounds a star in its youth. While it is commonly accepted that giant planets form in these cloudy disks that result from the birth of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington, DC—Marbely Micolta will join Carnegie Science as a Heising-Simons 51 Pegasi b Fellow this fall. Part of the prestigious program’s 10th class, Micolta will use the three-year fellowship to ...

Great science begins with great questions, and great questions can come from anyone. This Women's History Month, we spoke with some of the researchers at Carnegie Science who are working to make sure ...

Two extrasolar planets, HD 209458b and TrES-1, are currently known to transit bright parent stars for which physical properties can be accurately determined. The two transiting planets have very ...