The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

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

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's NHM Commons wing includes a new entrance, theater, café, and community ...

Hours of exciting discoveries await at one of the biggest natural history museums on the planet.

Without the ability for a direct 1-1 comparison using their strongest piece of evidence, grouping these fossils together seems premature,” said Ryan McRae, a paleoanthropologist at the Smithsonian ...

The museum traces the 2,500-year history of the town and highlights its cultural and historical significance. Shah also opened a sports complex and the Prerna Centre to inspire future leaders.

in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History While this is not an exhibition at a Smithsonian museum, its National Museum of Natural History has provided some 60 objects ...

The devastating wildfires which have hit Los Angeles and other parts of southern California could be one of the costliest natural disasters in US history. They're also wreaking havoc for already ...