Vera Rubin provided the first observational evidence that supported of the existence of dark matter—the invisible material that makes up more than 80 percent of the mass of the universe.

Large telescopes are custom-built and rare. There is no standard practice or model. Every time a large telescope is built, its designers must re-think the challenges, check every application, and ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope stands to provide insights into some of humanity's biggest questions and ring in a renaissance of ground-based astronomy. Learn more about this innovative instrumentation.

Graced with clear, dark skies and an exceedingly arid climate, Chile's Atacama Desert boasts astronomical "seeing" that is the best in the world. It has become a mecca for stargazers with more than 20 ...

The Drosophila Gateway™ Vector collection is a set of 68 Gateway-based vectors designed to express epitope-tagged proteins in Drosophila culture cells or flies. At its core is Invitrogen's Gateway™ ...

In 2020, Carnegie decided to bring together its developmental biology, ecology, and plant science research efforts into a unified, interdisciplinary division where our experts will study the natural ...

Maintaining a venue for promising but risky ventures has become especially important as the mainstream research system increasingly selects for projects that extend accepted wisdom, rather than ...

Crystal structures of HgBa2CaCu2O6+delta (Hg-1212) and HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+delta (Hg-1223) have been determined on single crystals at room temperature conditions by X-ray diffraction techniques. Both ...

Star parties are a fun way to observe the night sky, especially if you do not have a telescope of your own. During the pandemic, parties were not a great idea, but we wanted to do something for the ...