The spacecraft Hayabusa2 hurled a four-pound copper ball toward the asteroid's surface at about 4,500 miles an hour to create an artificial crater

Thieves pilfered "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884" from the Singer Laren in the early hours of Monday morning

Hundreds of museums are participating in an online attempt to spread joy as COVID-19 keeps their galleries empty

Storms reveal, then hide, the ship's sand-covered remains every decade or so

New research details the first forensic investigation of the Sylt concentration camp, located on the Channel Island of Alderney, since the end of WWII

Traces of lead pollution frozen in a glacier confirm that British lead production waned just before the death of Thomas Becket

New research suggests the civilization used huge enclosures to trap and stockpile live fish to support its complex society

The worms are 283-times more abundant than they were in the 1970s, which might be a sign of healthy marine ecosystems

Angry historians say the stretch of concrete was one of the largest remaining sections of the inner wall

Geoscientists noticed the normal rumbles of human activity picked up by their instruments have died down as much of the world ground to a halt

A treasure trove of new fossils unearthed in Australia reveals some raunchily-positioned bugs

Universities, libraries and museums are among the organizations seeking personal stories about the pandemic's effects on daily life

The classically trained actor is reading a sonnet a day on Instagram

Nuclear bomb tests caused a spike in a radioactive form of carbon that accumulated in living things

Select Andrew Lloyd Webber productions will stream on YouTube for 48 hours at a time

The children's book author and illustrator purchased the repurposed World War II vessel in 1967

This eruption is the longest since 2018 when the volcano caused a deadly tsunami

Though not as plentiful as the Perseids in summer, the Lyrids can serve up some serious fireballs

We’re really, really sorry

The crustaceans' guts pulverize plastics into tiny bits that can be consumed by even smaller creatures at the base of the ocean food chain

The snazzy search is part of the telescope’s 30th anniversary celebration

After missing years of shears, the voluminous creature had ballooned to about five times the size of a typical sheep

The 18th-century Edinburgh factory once produced a million bottles a week

By building a new broch, the project aims to better understand how and why the original structures were constructed

Rumored to withstand the weight of a full grown man, their spines have now been studied in unprecedented detail

In the month of April alone, the remnants of two historic vessels washed up on Lake Michigan's shores

The London institution's online offerings include 280,000 newly added Creative Commons images

The freedom fighter may have once used the structure to conspire against English forces

In 1847, the Choctaw Nation sent $170—more than $5,000 today—to victims of the Irish potato famine

Wood used to build the secret passageway came from a tree felled in 1874, according to a new analysis

Narrated by Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Richard Kurin, the 24-part video series blends history with modern mainstays

How do you select one image to represent half a century of photography and art? You don’t

In New York City, a desperate need among healthcare workers has pushed to the forefront the question: Is homemade equipment safe to use?

“Care Package” showcases Asian American and Pacific Islander artists, writers and scholars as sources of solace during the Covid-19 pandemic

Taken during the Banpo fountain light show

Fishing down the stream

This praying mantis looks completely shocked and like it was caught doing something wrong. I had to laugh while taking this shot, as mantis seem to be very expressive sometimes.

A Brown Bear takes a quick dip while hunting for salmon at Anan Creek Bear Observatory in SE Alaska.

In the hours after disaster struck Anchorage, an unexpected figure named Genie Chance came to the rescue

A museum director looks to the past to explain why 'Aloha' is as necessary as ever

The third installment in our weekly series spotlights titles that may have been lost in the news amid the COVID-19 crisis

From kitsch to cool, ride the waves of undulating popularity of a tropical fashion statement

During his 20-year professional career, his boisterous style endeared him to fans but rankled traditionalists

Henny Sundig is a pivotal figure in the history of WWII Danish resistance. In 1943, aged just 19, she risked it all to make a daring journey in her boat, Gerda III, to rescue as many Jews as she could.