The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...

Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, ...

At first sight, orange and off-white shards of rocks surrounded by dust and dirt are all you can see for thousands of desolate kilometres in the Atacama Desert of Chile. This is one of the driest ...

These rare, aubergine-shaped succulents exemplify life's ability to adapt to extremes ... The cacti are now in an Atacama Desert greenhouse managed by the National Forest Corporation of ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is considered one of the driest ... sources like fog offers a valuable way to improve quality of life," she said, according to BioBioChile. Gamberini added that while ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...

is part of the Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar desert in the world. According to Geographical.co.uk, Arica gets only around 0.76 mm of rainfall per year, though its plant life is supported by ...

The dark skies of Chile's Atacama Desert are perfect for skywatching, especially when a parade of six planets and a comet grace the night sky all at once. In February 2025, conditions were just ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 seen above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. . | Credit ...