In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled ...

From camel trekking and sandboarding to geodesic domes and yoga retreats, these striking desert destinations offer something ...

Vivek Singhania shares his experience of a five-day visit to Chile, highlighting the country's welcoming environment and ...

The quake’s epicenter was 104 kilometers (64 miles) southwest of San Pedro de Atacama, a small town on the edge of the northern desert near Chile’s border with Bolivia, the United States Geological ...

This is the challenge faced by hotels built within Latin America ’s vast desert landscapes. Defined by their extreme aridity and minimal rainfall, deserts are often seen as harsh and inhospitable.

Chile's most emblematic volcanoes can be found in the Atacama Desert. Licancabur Volcano, with its height exceeding 5,900 ...

The town of Swakopmund in Namibia is world-famous for its huge desert landscape and giant dunes that create ideal conditions ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Astronomers are sounding the alarm about the impact of a planned renewable energy plant in Chile’s Atacama desert. The area is home to some of the most-advanced observatories on Earth because of the ...

At first sight, orange and off-white shards of rocks surrounded by dust and dirt are all you can see for thousands of desolate kilometres in the Atacama Desert of Chile. This is one of the driest ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...