The Peoria Riverfront Museum dedicated its self-curated mineral exhibit, featuring a 10-foot-tall amethyst tower, with ...

Museum ichthyologist Cristhian Conde-Saldaña uses evolutionary genetics to study freshwater fishes and document at-risk ...

Studded with molten clumps of minerals (chondrules) distributed like currants in a fruitcake, the Allende meteorite, as it came to be known, contains the oldest material in the Smithsonian ...

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one museum we must visit every time we go to DC even though it doesn’t have a ...

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Object Details Expedition Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) Notes # NASA data for ALH 85062 Weathering: B/Ce Fracturing: A/B Fa: 1-25 mol % Fs: 19-3 mol % ²⁶Al: 38 ± 2.2 dpm/kg NTL: 59 ± 6 krad ...

WASHINGTON—The Smithsonian is conducting a thorough review of all of its content in its 21 museums and zoo to eliminate political influence and bias, a move that could have far-reaching ...