To help lure and orientate tourists to the desert region of Atacama, a visitor centre by Emilio Marín and Juan Carlos López was built on the land as part of a wind farm. Commissioned in 2013, the ...

Discover the astonishing beauty and mysteries of the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth! From stunning landscapes to unique wildlife, this desert holds secrets worth exploring. Join me on t ...

ON A MAY MORNING two pickup trucks passed through the quiet town of San Pedro in Chile’s Atacama Desert and headed up a mountainside on a dirt road. It was 1994, and the five men inside the ...

The cacti are now in an Atacama Desert greenhouse managed by the National ... Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any ...

The Atacama’s dark skies and other qualities lured organizations to build cutting-edge instruments such as the VLT, the ELT and the southern array of the CTAO. “The darker the sky, the fainter ...

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 ...

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled how they got there – and is setting a precedent for dealing with ...

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 ...