Using data from a retired NASA mission, researchers identified unique signs of water molecules on two space rocks, unlocking new insight into how water may have arrived on Earth | Continue reading
The spacecraft, which finally launched on February 15, is expected to touch down on February 22 | Continue reading
Your feedback on John Coltrane, turtle conservation and George Washington's tent | Continue reading
A Smithsonian curator and a historian discuss the links between the Johnson-Reed Act and Executive Order 9066, which rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the Western U.S. | Continue reading
The show exploring the artist's final works featured an interactive recreation of the painter trained on hundreds of his letters | Continue reading
Dating to as early as 8,200 years ago, the paintings may have maintained collective memories during an extremely dry period in history | Continue reading
Unpublished letters reveal new insights into the baffling relationship between the English novelist and his sister-in-law | Continue reading
Radiocarbon dating has found that a tablet inscribed with the mysterious rongorongo script predates European contact | Continue reading
The desire to get a rise out of others is a 13-million-year-old trait humans and great apes share with a common ancestor, new research suggests | Continue reading
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts | Continue reading
The robot recently observed each of the Red Planet’s moons passing across the sun in the Martian sky | Continue reading
Smithsonian Gardens’ 28th annual orchid exhibition is underway at the Kogod Courtyard | Continue reading
Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the surplus cable from the 1858 venture, turning it into souvenirs that forever linked his name to the short-lived telecommunications milestone | Continue reading
The story behind the glitzy stretch of highway that became the destination for America’s most sublime—and most sordid—aspirations | Continue reading
The history paintings of this great Neoclassical artist prove the wonderful benefits that inclusion can bring | Continue reading
An upcoming two-part documentary will be the filmmaker's first foray into a non-American subject matter | Continue reading
While no official decision has been made, symptomatic patients might be able to stop isolating if they are fever-free for 24 hours and are beginning to feel better under the proposed change | Continue reading
Two men taped images of flooding in Tuscany to the Renaissance painting's protective glass | Continue reading
Some remains found in the 2,000-year-old graves were likely food offerings, but others may have been much-loved companions | Continue reading
Although only fragments of the 1,700-year-old colossus remain, experts hope to paint a fuller picture for the public with a new installation at Rome's Capitoline Museums | Continue reading
These 15 photos capture affection that goes beyond candy and flowers | Continue reading
Robot surgeons could treat astronauts on long space missions—but they could also be used on Earth in places where surgeons aren't present, such as rural areas or war zones | Continue reading
Our sister planet’s cloudy exterior gave it an aura of mystery—until humanity developed the technology to probe past the veil | Continue reading
For more than 150 years, Heidelberg locals and tourists have enjoyed the "Studentenkuss," or Student Kiss—a praline nougat on a waffle wafer covered in dark chocolate | Continue reading
Akito Kawahara has spent his life devoted to lepidoptera. Now he’s correcting the record on where they first evolved | Continue reading
Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home | Continue reading
A chic light fixture reveals how female designers remade the Tiffany brand—and went largely uncredited for nearly a century | Continue reading
The patient was treated during the earlier stages of disease, so the community faces little risk, according to health officials | Continue reading
The gold accessory is one of only seven artifacts of this kind discovered in England and Wales | Continue reading
Made up of some 1,600 stones, the submerged “Blinkerwall” might be Europe's oldest known megastructure | Continue reading
Ancient scholars wrote about the medicinal, poisonous and psychoactive properties of black henbane seeds | Continue reading
With only limited training, the model could correctly identify certain objects, suggesting some elements of learning language are not innate to humans | Continue reading
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure | Continue reading
The University of Melbourne welcomed academics from all over the world for its Taylor Swift conference | Continue reading
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here's how investigators unraveled the incredible scam | Continue reading
Harriet M. Buss' missives home detail the future congressman's candid views on race and the complicity of Confederate women | Continue reading
Can demolishing abandoned dirt paths point the way to a more sustainable future? | Continue reading
This summer's Paris Olympic and Paralympic medals will be decorated with pieces of iron from the landmark | Continue reading
Analyses revealed the asteroid was an “aubrite,” a classification that applies to only 80 of 70,000 previously found meteorite fragments | Continue reading
The Convention on Migratory Species warns that many birds, mammals and fish face numerous threats, but they can be saved | Continue reading
The 100-foot-long wreck, which likely dates to the 19th century, washed up off the coast of Cape Ray in January | Continue reading
On the English naturalist's 215th birthday, more than 9,000 titles from his expansive collection are now accessible online | Continue reading
When it debuts in 2026, the casting award will be the Academy's first new category since 2001 | Continue reading
Nocturnal hawk moths are less likely to visit primroses in air polluted by nitrate radicals, which break down important wild fragrances, researchers find | Continue reading
A new show at the Whitney showcases the visionary who devised the art world’s first artificial intelligence | Continue reading
Keeping tabs on the species' populations is surprisingly hard. A new aerial effort tracks the marks they leave behind | Continue reading
Feminist. Preacher. Abolitionist. Civil rights pioneer. Now the full story of the American icon's life and faith is finally coming to light | Continue reading
Here’s how Venice, Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Tobago, New Orleans, and Quebec City mark the pre-Lenten season | Continue reading