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And Charles Lindbergh’s famed Spirit of St. Louis, the plane he flew on the first solo trans-Atlantic flight to Europe serves ...

A planetary geologist finds that the meteorite, which fell in June, came from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...

Visitors to the Pink Painted Lady near Alamo Square Park will be able to see 116 editions of fnnch's honey bear paintings ...

A waning gibbous moon will impact viewing the shooting stars, but the famous meteor shower is still worth observing ...

Scientists have been thinking about how new species evolve since Darwin wrote On The Origin of Species in 1859. The results ...

A new study finds that the Mesozoic Era saw significantly higher quantities of the greenhouse gas than both pre-industrial ...

The durian, a spiky fruit that grows across Southeast Asia, has a polarizing reputation for its pungent odor and strong taste. There are the durian haters — people who experience waves of revulsion at ...

At the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, cabinets contain thousands of wood specimens, some of which ...

The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...

An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...