New Series of Powerful Space Telescopes Has Been Recommended for Mission Maturation and Technology Development as a Top National Priority. Includes a Powerful X-ray Telescope Inspired by the Lynx X-Ray Observatory Conceived at the Center for Astrophysics.
Toni Tipton-Martin To Receive Julia Child Award From The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts in Front of Child’s Kitchen. Speakers Include Ruth Reichl, Padma Lakshmi, Jamila Robinson and Tiffanie Barriere.
New Collaboration With Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination Pairs Smithsonian Experts With Futurists and Sci-Fi Creators To Launch Series of Posters and Short Stories Set in the Future
Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan), “Horses, and Deer,” 2020, Glass, 13 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 10 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund. 2021.34. Copyright 2020, Joe Feddersen, photo courtesy of Froelick Gallery.
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way. Chandra detected the temporary dimming of X-rays from a system where a massive star is in orbit around a neutron star or black hole (shown in the artist's illustration). This dimming is interpreted as being a planet that passed in front of an X-ray source around the neutron star or black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss
Cretapsara athanata: The first crab in amber from the dinosaur era is spectacularly preserved, including delicate tissues like antennae, mouthparts lined with fine hairs, large compound eyes, and even its gills. Credit: Lida Xing (China University of Geosciences, Beijing)
The Oldest and Most Complete Fossil Crab Ever Discovered Suggests These Animals Ventured Onto Land at Least 25 to 50 Million Years Earlier than Previously Thought
