In February, an international team of climbers and scientists summitted the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere: Aconcagua in Argentina. After weeks of climbing and camping in extreme, rocky ...

We know this for a fact: For the first time, direct chemical evidence of these drugs has been found, in residual traces left ...

Join the Next Meridian Expedition! Nick & Mathilde are road-tripping the world in their Land Rover Defender, exploring new ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — China struck a defiant stance on Tuesday in response to American concerns about Beijing’s efforts to expand its influence in the resource-rich South American nation of ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP ... The region’s geography — bone-dry and high-altitude, with steady air and the cloud-blocking Andes Mountains to the east — produces exceptionally clear conditions ...

The U.S., the European Union, Australia and a range of other countries operate observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The region’s geography — bone-dry and high-altitude, with steady air and the ...

He claimed the proposed observatory was “of the same nature” as the many other telescopes in northern Chile, including an American-funded telescope known as the Rubin Observatory coming into operation ...