Last week, astronomers stationed at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory in northern Chile ...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

Nestled between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama Desert has earned the title of the driest place on ...

In Chile, a writer takes a road trip through one of the world’s driest places — a landscape that preserves remnants of the dead. The Valley of Mars in the Atacama Desert, with the Andes in the ...

Snow covered Chile's Atacama Desert, offering a rare sight of winter in a place with almost nonexistent rainfall and normally ...

The Atacama Desert receives rain only a few times a year. The intense sun and harsh conditions make plant and animal life almost nonexistent. That has left the desert virtually untouched, Dr ...

The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental destruction.

From its heart in the Atacama Desert, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is a central player in the global energy transformation, controlling lithium and its derivatives, but also essential ...

Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.

The Atacama is well known for its lack of rainfall, but scientists are only now getting a handle on how long it has experienced low precipitation levels. Dr Tibor Dunai from Edinburgh, UK, is working ...