Santiago Maestas has grown apples, peaches, and apricots on his New Mexico property for more than five decades. He still cherishes the network of ancient gravity-fed irrigation ditches that deliver ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope took its first close look at a "mini-Neptune" — the most common type of planet beyond our solar system — and found signs of water. When you purchase through links on our ...

The Erigone family of asteroids are water-rich space rocks that provide a window into the solar system's past. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A stunning home in Morocco demonstrates that you can live off-grid and still live in luxury. The home, located in the desert ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

Water discoveries in space happen all the time. But this one’s actually a big deal, and not just because some scientists got excited (though they absolutely did). NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ...

Ancient Amazonians of the Casarabe culture (500-1400 CE) built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds, enabling year-round corn cultivation in what is now modern-day ...

A mystery that has puzzled scientists for over 25 years may finally have been solved as a new study led by the Carnegie Institution for Science's Andrew Steele suggests that signs of ancient life in a ...

Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the early solar system. By studying ancient meteorite fragments, scientists can gain important insights ...