Thanks to the lack of light pollution and altitude, the Atacama has some of the clearest night skies on earth, making for excellent stargazing. Cool off from the desert heat with refreshing swims in ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution.

Beneath the extremely dry surface of Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists discovered a functional community of microorganisms ...

Because Mars remains out of reach, researchers often turn to the deserts on our own planet to get a glimpse of how the Red Planet works. Over the years, the extremely arid Atacama Desert in Chile has ...

Piedras Rojas, located near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, is a breathtaking natural site known for its vivid red rock ...

Old garments from around the world are being discarded in the South American country.

When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North made it ...

Heavy seasonal rainfall in the northern half of Chile, which caused severe flooding in May, has created something truly beautiful. The country’s Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, has ...