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The 80th anniversary of the Trinity Site test of the world’s first atomic bomb was marked this past week. The test at Trinity ...
Swim or scuba through the crystal-clear cenotes, millennia-old sinkholes scattered throughout the jungles near Tulum. The ...
NASA will launch a sounding rocket Friday, July 18 from New Mexico near the Texas border. Here's what to know about the mission.
Thinking about visiting New Mexico? Whether you're road-tripping through Santa Fe and Albuquerque, exploring ancient pueblos, ...
Age-old ruins emerging from the dense jungles of the Yucatán are just as mystical as you'd imagine, from ...
The village of Ruidoso is located in the southern part of New Mexico and is a noted vacation spot boasting camping and ...
A new study is backing up the age of what is believed to be the oldest known human footprints in North America – found at White Sands National Park.
The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures ...
White Sands' Footprints Confirmed as the Oldest Evidence of Humans in the Americas Learn about a new study that confirms ancient footprints in New Mexico are over 21,000 years old, rewriting the ...
”The ichnology of White Sands (New Mexico),” Bennett et. al., 2025. On the left is a photo of footprints found at White Sands National Park, showing both an adult footprints and a child’s ...
Learn about the tracks and footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, possibly representing the earliest evidence of human-made transportation technology.
White Sands Missile Range spans approximately 2.3 million acres and includes about 8,500 miles of Department of Defense-restricted airspace.