The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...

In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very ...

Snow covered Chile's Atacama Desert, offering a rare sight of winter in a place with almost nonexistent rainfall and normally ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

A luxury oasis has opened in Chile’s Atacama Desert A multi-million dollar renovation of the Tierra Atacama hotel has transformed one of the driest places on earth into a high-end destination.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is home to a massive, and growing, mountain of discarded clothes and textiles. The items are remnants of secondhand clothes imported into the country to resell. To address ...

From its heart in the Atacama Desert, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) is a central player in the global energy transformation, controlling lithium and its derivatives, but also essential ...

The quake's epicenter was 104 kilometres southwest of San Pedro de Atacama, a small town on the edge of the northern desert near Chile's border with Bolivia, the USGS had said.

At the summit of Cerro Pachón, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started its work.

In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a net to catch drops of ...

In conversation with Mále Uribe, we set out to learn about the processes and ideas that work at the intersection of art, ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...