In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society ...

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) has energised the fourth phase of its flagship solar-plus-storage project in Chile, ...

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.

Normally, the announcement of building a wind and solar farm is good news. In the case of Inna, however, the good news is that the project will not be implemented. The facility in Chile could have ...

Here's something most people don't realise: you don't have to pick between desert dunes and snowy mountains. There are actually countries where you can experience both in a single trip. Imagine riding ...

NASA describes Mars as a dusty, cold, and red desert world with a thin atmosphere. Now search for the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Google or social media, and you will be amazed to see how it almost ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions. An international team led by researchers from the ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions. An international team led by researchers from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brianna Randall writes about the intersection of travel and science. The Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley) near San Pedro de ...

There's always a touch of melancholy when a chapter that has absorbed years of work comes to an end. In the case of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), those years amount to nearly 20—and now the ...

A vast high plateau in the far northwest of Argentina, the Puna de Atacama is “how the planet looked before us, almost before anything, the Earth’s skeleton laid bare”, said Stanley Stewart in the ...