Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

For a unique museum experience, head to this Montana establishment that displays quirky historical artifacts and is often ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

"Generations after us will be able to say that's where history was made," said Guilford County Commissioners Chair Melvin ...

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate and ammonia. Together, ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, D.C., welcomed its newest residents, ...

Outside of the art sphere, a pair of automotive museums in California closed for good last year—the Automotive Driving Museum ...