National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution museum established by an act of Congress in 1989, with branches in New York City; Suitland, Maryland; and Washington, D.C. Permanent and temporary exhibits showcase the diverse heritage and history of North and South American Indians. With more than 800,000 cultural artifacts on display and a collection […]
Six Billion Tonnes a Second: Rogue Planet Found Growing at Record Rate
“People may think of planets as quiet and stable worlds, but with this discovery we see that planetary-mass objects freely floating in space can be exciting places,” says Víctor Almendros-Abad, an astronomer at the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo, National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy and lead author of the new study. The newly studied object, […]