In the high desert of north-central New Mexico, a 40-minute drive west of Santa Fe, a surreal landscape of eroded volcanic ...

Just north of the Deschutes County Fairgrounds, the Redmond Caves, a series of five caves administered by the Bureau of Land ...

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.

Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest 3D map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the ...

An exoplanet located around 900 light-years away from us is known for its extreme conditions. It’s so hot that it […] ...

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

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

Tierra Atacama, located in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, will reopen in April 2025 following a year-long closure for renovations. The room count will be reduced from 32 to 28 rooms as part of the ...

Environments like the Atacama Desert, known for its dryness, already harbor small life forms that have evolved impressive strategies to handle scarce moisture. Conditions on Mars and icy moons around ...

Naming someone after a desert can be a creative exercise to come up with very unique baby names that are not that commonly heard on society. It's quite the thing these days to choose a name that ...