The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens ...

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Stream these free programs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History this June. Anna Torres A meet and greet with a new species of octopus; the sharks of the Galapagos Islands ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

Kirk Johnson is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History where he oversees the world’s largest natural history collection. The museum hosts more than 6 million ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.

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