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

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

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

The water leaves behind the white calcium deposits we see today ... It looks like any other volcano during the daytime. The ...

From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...

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The water leaves behind the white calcium deposits ... It looks like any other volcano during the daytime. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest and most desolate places ...

Copper fuels contemporary industries through its exceptional conductivity, durability, and contribution to green energy.

As microbial life in the Atacama Desert dies when exposed to too much water, the space agency may have killed this life with its liquid water life detection experiments. In other words ...

Solar farms in the Atacama Desert—one of the most fragile ecosystems in the world—have faced scrutiny over land use and potential water consumption during construction. Social tensions have ...

First of 3 parts Miriam Abarca is standing on a wooden platform overlooking the Cahuil Lagoon, a small, salty pine-fringed ...