NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of water on ancient Mars with "rippled textures" and "landslide debris" in the ...

Mars may have once possessed an ocean at least as large as Earth's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. Previous research ...

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Across India, ancient architecture continues to offer clues about early engineering, metallurgy, and scientific thought.

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Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Learn more about the Chankillo site, an ancient astronomical observatory that may offer new insights into how our ancestors ...