Chile's Atacama desert is best known for its salt lagoons in the north, but head to the Mar de Dunas in the southern part and you will be rewarded with perfect wind-sculptured wave patterns as far as ...

The most surprising among all, is the snowfall seen in the Atacama Desert in Chile, considered one of the driest places in ...

The Atacama Desert lies along the northern edge of Chile, a long strip pressed between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes. It is ...

When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North made it ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions. An international team led by researchers from the ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile offers an extraordinary travel experience that captivates adventurers, astronomers and nature enthusiasts alike. With its extreme altitude, crystal-clear skies and ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is famously known for taking that superlative, even though some parts of Antarctica are technically even drier (they don't count because who is going there?!). Officially, ...

Rare winter rains have transformed Chile’s Atacama Desert into a vibrant sea of wildflowers. Scientists explain how dormant ...

Scientists document cannibalism in an Atacama toad for the first time, observed in a pond in the Chilean desert.

A US energy company has canceled construction of a hydrogen production plant in Chile. Astronomers feared interference with ...