Humanity’s artificial glow is swallowing the night sky. Even astronomers in this remote observatory in the South American ...

Uncover the secrets of the Atacama Desert, a breathtaking landscape that has captivated explorers and scientists alike. This ...

A collaborative study with the University of Cologne, recently published in Nature Communications, provides compelling ...

Thanks to the lack of light pollution and altitude, the Atacama has some of the clearest night skies on earth, making for excellent stargazing. Cool off from the desert heat with refreshing swims in ...

It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy ...

“We have many places like this in the desert,” said Jean Karla Zambrana, a co-founder of the desert dressed in clothes, a ...

Heavy seasonal rainfall in the northern half of Chile, which caused severe flooding in May, has created something truly beautiful. The country’s Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, has ...

The rain fell in the Atacama Desert in Chile for the first time in hundreds of years, and it caused a mass extinction. It might seem natural to think that such rains would be followed by blooming ...