Learn more about the snowfall that shut down ALMA in the Atacama desert, and how researchers worry this could be a sign of ...

A satellite photo from July shows intricate snowy stripes painted across the Atacama Desert in Chile. The icy weather temporarily put the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

As the oldest and driest desert on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert is a treasure trove of discoveries for scientists and ...

The Atacama Desert in Northern Chile has been a bit of a secret destination for those who love stargazing and other-worldly hiking terrains. It is home to ALMA, the world’s largest radio telescope and ...

Pablo Guerrero has been visiting cacti in the Atacama Desert his whole life, first on family trips to the Chilean coast and later as a researcher studying the impacts of climate change and illegal ...

Deserts are most commonly associated with extreme heat, dunes, and overall arid conditions. But in the past five years, there ...

When Chilean scientist Osvaldo Ulloa led an expedition 8,000 meters under the sea to an area where no human had ever been, his team discovered microscopic organisms that generated more questions than ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

I am sure that is a question which Mark often asked himself as he cycled the length of the Atacama Desert back in December. You can see where Mark is right now, and what he got 'up to' after the ...

NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060.

The body was in a bag on a shelf in a house next to a church in a small, abandoned nitrate mining town in the Atacama Desert of Chile. It was dry, mummified, largely intact, had the proportions of an ...