The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of ...

In a remarkable discovery, researchers have found evidence of living microbes thriving in one of the most inhospitable ...

Researchers describe a new way to separate extracellular from intracellular genetic material, allowing better insights into ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself. It is the only true desert to receive less precipitation than polar deserts, making it the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second ...

Washington, D.C.-The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of that ...

The galaxies, each as vast as the Milky Way, are baffling because most scientific models for galaxy evolution suggest ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a harsh environment. Yet, once upon a time, humans were traipsing across the landscape committing enormous drawings to the earth – drawings that would endure for ...

Over a thousand years ago, the hundreds of giant geoglyphs carved into the desert in northern Chile were a bustling scene.

After spending three months in one of the driest places in the world, writer Mark Johanson is eager to return.

While some dark nebulas are visible to the naked eye, such as the Coalsack Nebula, that isn't true of the Dark Wolf Nebula.

The Atacama Desert in Chile, known as the driest place on Earth, experiences a rare phenomenon called the Atacama Desert Bloom. Despite minimal rainfall, the desert thrives on camanchaca ...

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.