The clarity of Chilean skies in the Atacama Desert may be in jeopardy given a project entertained by the electricity company AES Andes which could significantly affect the operations of the ...

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq. He is just one of many Iraqis who have ...

Flamingos feed in Laguna Chaxa, a salt-rich lagoon in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It’s a location that flamingos have adapted to live in over millennia. But each year, is still a struggle.

The ELT is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert and expected to see its "first light" by 2028. ESO shared a stunning view of the ELT's construction ...

The project between a Chinese state astronomical institute and a private Chilean university in Chile's Atacama desert, aiming to track space objects over the southern skies, drew concerns and ...

The Atacama Desert, which lies in the northern half of Chile, is one of the driest and most unique deserts in the world, where vast moonscapes are punctuated with ancient volcanoes, glistening ...

The terrain is home to deserts, jungles, mountains, you name it. The north is home to the famed Atacama Desert, which is the driest nonpolar desert in the world and the second driest overall.

A self-portrait of an alien? A valley of whale fossils? The wonders are mind-boggling in both these bone-dry beauties, so which one to visit first? Our duelling experts help you decide.

Night - Clear. Winds WNW at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 64 °F (17.8 °C). Sunny with a high of 95 °F (35 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 10 mph (8 to 16.1 kph). Mostly ...

digital maps, such as Google, fail to represent the presence of these groups - many of whom claim to have lived in the area since the 7th century. Bedouins in the Negev (Naqab) desert are a ...

Uranium One Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, may buy a controlling stake in a lithium project in Chile’s Atacama salt ... pools beneath the desert floor, could ...