The Atacama is the world’s driest non-polar desert – a landscape so vast and arid that Nasa practices Mars expeditions there. So when a carpet of purple flowers began poking through the earth ...

As per the latest development, a new research has unveiled a rich microbial ‘biosphere’ thriving 13 ft beneath the desolate expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert. This remarkable discovery sheds ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is home to one of the world’s richest copper belts, though the inhospitable enviroment makes it challenging to explore and develop. The exceedingly dry, high-altitude ...