On July 2, residents of Chile and Argentina witnessed the first total solar eclipse since August 2017
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
Montgomery worked closely with the Apollo astronauts to train them to use handheld tools and equipment on the moon
The company used patents and trademarks to develop a line of machines based on inventor Chester Carlson's 'electrophotography'
One activist thought celebrating the founding of the nation would be better spent as a "a quiet day under the trees"
Even as some enslaved men escaped North, the retreat by the Army of Northern Virginia would have been disastrous without the support of its camp servants
The Indiana Medical History Museum is telling the human stories behind its collection of brains, tumors and other biological remains
Researchers have developed an algorithm to identify cries that signal pain or sickness
Chemicals in microalgae are crucial for these bright green shrimp's sexual development, but ocean acidification could change that
Sure, the 19th-century invention transformed shopping. But it also revolutionized how we think about the built environment
One hundred years ago, the news broke that World War I had officially ended.
The fossil is about 1.8 million years old, meaning the bird may have arrived on the continent around the same time as <i>Homo erectus</i>
The National Museum of African American History and Culture recreated one of the first businesses in the city to be owned by a black woman
In an era of partial suffrage, these inventions helped women cast their votes
Hitting the High Notes: A Smithsonian Year of Music
The D.C. tradition will hit the National Mall for two action-packed days this weekend. Here's what to know about this year's lineup
A month after the riots in New York, a raid on an Atlanta movie theater sparked a gay liberation movement of its own
The Planetary Society's second solar sail will attempt to use sunlight to fly through space
These four sites give visitors a glimpse into the trench warfare tactics soldiers experienced during the Great War
Tied to a new series from the Smithsonian Channel, the app is the closest you can get to being on the moon without time-traveling to 1969
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