If you’re looking to travel somewhere a little bit different for your next vacation, perhaps you haven’t considered Chile.

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

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.

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

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

No tsunami warning was issued in the earthquake-prone South American nation.The quakes epicentre was 104 kilometres southwest of San Pedro de Atacama, a small town on the edge of the northern desert ...

Globally, lithium carbonate is produced from either lower-cost evaporation of brine or higher-cost mining of spodumene minerals. SQM has a cost advantage in lithium carbonate production due to its ...

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 ...

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

The planet WASP-121b is extreme. It's a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star–50 ...

Other pictures showed a dazzling sunset sinking over the horizon, and reflected in the doors of her love nest at the Alto Atacama Desert Lodge ... while on holiday in Chile, one of which appeared ...