This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking lack of precipitation. The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is the driest non ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

South America's answer to the Sahara, the southern part of the Atacama Desert is known as the "Mar de Dunas" with a "sea of dunes" that spans 335 square kilometres. At 550 metres, El Medanoso is ...

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens. AES Andes, the Chilean subsidiary of US energy company AES Corporation, ...

Learn how fog collection can help mitigate water shortage in Alto Hospicio, providing vital resources to underserved ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, planned ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ... about 3,050 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level and located about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north ...

It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best ... about 3,050 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level and located about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north ...

Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood ...