Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

For scientists and space researchers, the Atacama Desert isn’t just any stretch of earth, it's Earth’s closest analog to the ...

Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...

Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...

Snow covered Atacama desert in Chile, offering a rare sight of winter in a place where rainfall is nonexistent and skies are normally clear.

Expert says climate modelling has shown this type of event will likely become more frequent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is home to a massive, and growing, mountain of discarded clothes and textiles. The items are remnants of secondhand clothes imported into the country to resell. To address ...

Natural crystals fascinate with their vibrant colors, their nearly flawless appearance and their manifold symmetrical forms.

Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of ...