Deserts showcase alien-like landscapes, from Mars-like dunes to moon-like salt flats, transporting you to another world on ...

The country, dubbed "The Ribbon Country" because of its unique shape, stretches for a whopping 2,600 miles along the western coast and has an average width of just 110 miles. Chile's slenderness is ...

Due to its extreme dryness, the Atacama desert in Chile is one of the most important environments on Earth for researchers who need to approximate the conditions of Mars. Recently, the NASA Mars ...

The exceedingly dry, high-altitude area has been used as an experiment site for Mars expedition simulations. The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert. It’s also home to one of the world ...

ALMA, an array of 66 radio telescopes located in the Atacama Desert region of Northern Chile, is no stranger to protoplanetary disks. However, this time, the powerful radio telescope has outdone ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is widely recognised as the driest nonpolar desert in the world ...

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any movement. It’s midday and the sun beats down from a cloudless sky.