Polaris Dawn is set to be the farthest humans have traveled from Earth since the Apollo program and will test new technology in a "radiation belt" surrounding our planet | Continue reading
Volcanic eruptions long ago brought the 2,492-carat diamond—the latest in a string of stunning discoveries over the last decade—to the surface | Continue reading
Price Tower is one of three Oklahoma buildings designed by the renowned American architect | Continue reading
Crews installed buoys and mooring lines to mark the locations of 19 wreck sites in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary | Continue reading
Sphen and his longtime partner Magic got together at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in 2018. They successfully hatched two foster chicks and became "international queer icons" | Continue reading
The 12-foot-tall bronze artwork depicts the former congressman with his hands over his heart | Continue reading
The infamous signal recorded in 1977 might have been a laser-like beam of radiation from a hydrogen cloud energized by a powerful, magnetic star, preliminary research suggests | Continue reading
Adolf Hitler wanted Paris razed. Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted his troops to stay out of the city. In August 1944, an uprising by French resistance fighters forced the Allies to intervene | Continue reading
Human innards are teeming with viruses that infect bacteria. Here's what scientists are learning about them | Continue reading
Get a slice of the Big Apple with shots of the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Central Park and more from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest | Continue reading
Scientists say the extreme weather phenomenon could grow more common as climate change brings warmer water temperatures and more intense storms to the Mediterranean | Continue reading
The bangles, which date to around 800 C.E., are now on display at the Moesgaard Museum | Continue reading
Shadowed areas in lunar craters may be cold enough to safeguard species' DNA amid "climate disasters and social disasters" on Earth, according to Smithsonian-led research | Continue reading
New research theorizes that hunters used pikes planted in the ground—with their sharp tips pointing upward—to impale approaching wildlife using the creature's own weight and momentum | Continue reading
The 2,000-year-old cobbled pathway was likely built after the Romans invaded Britain in the first century C.E. | Continue reading
Some experts speculate that Shakespeare could have used the room to change costume during performances in the late 16th century | Continue reading
To make good on its promise, the 2028 host city is in a four-year sprint to ready its public transportation for the onslaught of athletes, coaches and spectators | Continue reading
Criminals plundered the riches of Egyptian pyramids and underground burials, often within a few years or, in some cases, within a few hours of occupants' interment | Continue reading
After the first well collapsed, the local builders incorporated wooden planks to hold up the walls of the second | Continue reading
The mathematician took careful notes while working on a portable voice encryption system in the mid-1940s | Continue reading
Officials are offering cash rewards for the best strategies to safely remove the submerged weapons | Continue reading
It's the second sunfish to be found dead on the beach in a small region of northwestern Oregon this summer, following the discovery of an even rarer hoodwinker sunfish | Continue reading
Built as an air raid shelter in the 1940s, the massive structure now houses a hotel, restaurants and a rooftop park with lush greenery | Continue reading
A new study suggests orb-weaver spiders manipulate trapped male fireflies to emit female-like signals, which in turn draws more males into the web | Continue reading
A new genetic study reveals secrets about the creature, which may help researchers make decisions to conserve the species | Continue reading
Bishop Teodomiro was a central figure in the creation of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage | Continue reading
Kayakers spotted and hauled ashore the 12-foot-long oarfish, a deep-sea species known for its connection to earthquakes in Japanese folklore | Continue reading
In the early morning hours of November 25, 2019, thieves made away with 4,300 valuable diamonds and other stones | Continue reading
Scientists sequenced the 91 billion base pairs in the South American lungfish’s genome, setting a record and revealing insights into vertebrate evolution | Continue reading
According to new research, two sets of sabers and unusual lower jaw anatomy show that the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis delayed adulting with a long weaning period | Continue reading
Stainless steel archways and reflective spheres stretch for more than 300 feet at Liverpool Street station | Continue reading
Scientists are working on a machine learning tool that could turn anyone with a camera into an expert tracker | Continue reading
Chemists accidentally discovered the material in 1938, and since then it has been used for everything from helping to create the first atomic bomb to keeping your eggs from sticking to your frying pan | Continue reading
The street artist unveiled nine new pieces in London this month, and many have already been taken down or defaced | Continue reading
Scientists have only four known tardigrade fossils, which preserve insights into how the hardy critters evolved their hibernation-like superpower of cryptobiosis | Continue reading
The hulking creature may have overlapped with Indigenous people | Continue reading
Tonight’s full moon will be bigger and brighter than usual, and it’s the third of four full moons this summer | Continue reading
The palatial complex's historic artworks sustained no damage from the fire that broke out on August 17 | Continue reading
The Roman-era artwork was likely preserved thanks to a remodeling project in the third or fourth century C.E. | Continue reading
The portraits were on display at a museum in England, where staffers had been wondering about the two subjects for years | Continue reading
In a year-long trial, people who received a daily injection of liraglutide showed an 18 percent lower cognitive decline than people who received a placebo | Continue reading
Metal isotopes delivered to Earth by the asteroid reveal it's consistent with space rocks formed in the outer solar system | Continue reading
An archaeologist has identified vengeful inscriptions etched into a 1,600-year-old prison in Greece | Continue reading
Ocelots were federally listed as endangered in 1972, and their current U.S. population is thought to be fewer than 100 individuals | Continue reading
French customs officers seized the imitation when they discovered the man’s export license had expired | Continue reading
Archaeologists argue that ancient fire pits were used for constructing the area's distinctive boats | Continue reading
Since appearing on Manhattan in 2011, the species has become one of the island's most dominant ants, and scientists formally identified it this year | Continue reading
Researchers think they've solved the mystery of the monument's Altar Stone, which could have traveled all the way from Scotland | Continue reading