Picture taken at one of the sites inspected in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert. Note the Petri plates with different growing media placed on top of the soil surface. Disclaimer ...

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 ...

They had already spent a week and a half scouting other locations in the Atacama, one on the Argentine side of the desert. Now, guided by a map obtained from the Chilean military by one of the men ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world. It receives almost no rainfall and supports no animal or plant life. But it is one of the best places in the world to conduct ...