This phenomenon, sometimes called a “desert bloom,” is filling sections of the Atacama with bright flowers. The Atacama Desert stretches along the coast of northern Chile, encompassing over ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory. In new photos of this planet parade, the wispy glow of ...

Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes of north Chile's Atacama Desert. It is located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of the country.

The Atacama desert, which fringes the city on its southern ... with dormant seeds producing a striking bloom that has seen the area dubbed as the Desierto Florido, or “flowering desert”.

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

Researchers in Chile are launching a project to combat water scarcity in the Atacama Desert by setting up fog collectors in and around Alto Hospicio. These fog collectors will be used in practical ...

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn hea­vens. The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe the universe ...