New study with strong University of Arizona ties finds carbon dioxide has played a dominant role in controlling Earth’s temperature for nearly the last half-billion years.

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, according to a new study Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent An ...

Since 1957, Toyland has been a cherished family tradition, marking the unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season. Co-founder Bert Blain’s famous words— “Toyland is about making friends, not ...

“It’s like you have five or six pieces of a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle,” Judd said ... for the study as a postdoctoral scholar at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

“It is like trying to visualize the picture of a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, when you only have a handful of pieces,” Judd said. Fossils in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research ...

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Dr. David Skorton joins some of the world’s leading thinkers in a spirited discussion about our ever changing planet (02:04:43) Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

The Smithsonian just hard-launched “Campaign for Our Shared Future,” the institution’s largest fundraising initiative in its 178-year history. The network of 21 museums, 14 research centers ...

On Oct. 4, the final Friday of the Smithsonian’s visit to San Augustine, the Texas Film Round-up is teaming up with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. They encourage submission of films and videos ...

Today marks the debut of a collaborative exhibit between NASA and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: the Earth Information Center, which will show the impacts of climate change ...

‘Project For The Blind Astronomer’ is an artistic exploration of space, how we map the stars and how our sense of sight ...

The Roxbury Arts Center at 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury announced it will host the 31st annual Fiddlers! music festival ...