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The Arutam Wakam Center in Ecuador, which displays artifacts from the ancient Machinaza culture, represents the spirit of ancestors from 9,000 years ago.

Justin Holcomb (Courtesy photo) By KU News ServiceLAWRENCE — As a new

As humanity prepares to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with the upcoming Artemis missions, a team of researchers have use | Space

A newly proposed scientific subfield, planetary geoarchaeology, could help humans preserve the record of exploration on the Moon and Mars.

Scientists advocate for a new field of geoarcheology to record the history of space exploration and beyond

Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 21, 2023 - As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas and their colleagues have proposed a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, th

The material record that currently exists on the moon is rapidly becoming at risk of being destroyed if proper attention isn’t paid during the new space era, scientists say. They propose a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, the study of how cultural and natural processes on Earth’s moon, on Mars and across the solar system may be altering, preserving or destroying the material record of space exploration.