Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="The Division of Radiation and Organisms Laboratory, located in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building, a division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory dedicated to studying the effects of solar radiation on organisms. Shown here is a vacuum type thermocouples of very high sensitivity, used in
Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Nancy Remage Evans, formerly of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, was a major contributor to the construction of the Galactic Cepheid Database. She has made observations with the IUE, HST, Chandra, Spitzer, FUSE, WIRE, MOST, and XMM satellites. #Groundbreaker
Description: [view in Spanish]International exchange has always been a major part of the Smithsonian's mission. To acquire publications from leading scientific societies, Secretary Henry offered in exchange the journal, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Henry and assistant secretary Baird also distributed publications from U.S. colleges, museums, scientific societies, and scientists