When snow shut down one of Earth’s most advanced telescopes high in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the surprise was not just that ...

Learn more about the snowfall that shut down ALMA in the Atacama desert, and how researchers worry this could be a sign of ...

As the oldest and driest desert on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert is a treasure trove of discoveries for scientists and tourists alike.

A satellite photo from July shows intricate snowy stripes painted across the Atacama Desert in Chile. The icy weather temporarily put the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

Deserts are most commonly associated with extreme heat, dunes, and overall arid conditions. But in the past five years, there ...

The Atacama Desert in Northern Chile has been a bit of a secret destination for those who love stargazing and other-worldly hiking terrains. It is home to ALMA, the world’s largest radio telescope and ...

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Chile’s Codelco and SQM completed a landmark deal aimed at boosting lithium extraction from the country’s Atacama Desert, ...

I am sure that is a question which Mark often asked himself as he cycled the length of the Atacama Desert back in December. You can see where Mark is right now, and what he got 'up to' after the ...

The body was in a bag on a shelf in a house next to a church in a small, abandoned nitrate mining town in the Atacama Desert of Chile. It was dry, mummified, largely intact, had the proportions of an ...