Washington, D.C.— An international team of astronomers, including five Carnegie scientists, reports the discovery of two new planets orbiting a very old star that is near to our own Sun. One of these planets orbits the star at the right distance to allow liquid water to exist on its surface, a key ingredient to support […]
Massachusetts Marine Investigator, Barry Clifford, said in a press release today that he is confident that a sunken ship found off of the coast of Haiti is that of the long-lost Santa Maria, the flagship of a small fleet of ships commanded by Christopher Columbus as he made landfall in the New World. Clifford, who […]
NOAA announced last weekit has found the underwater wreck of the passenger steamer City of Chester, which sank in 1888 in a collision in dense fog near where the Golden Gate Bridge stands today. The announcement was made during a press event at Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary’s San Francisco headquarters at Crissy Field. The story of City […]