Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

There’s nowhere on Earth quite like the Atacama Desert. Literally: it exists in a basically unique meteorological void, ...

All this rapid new demand for metals and the products they power may be outpacing the available supply. That means domestic ...

The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...

Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one ...

Instruments like the those currently on the Red Planet were used to study samples collected from an 'Mars-like' area in Chile ...

Travelers should explore the Atacama Desert for its unique landscapes, stargazing opportunities and distinct wildlife.

A novel technique separates living (iDNA) and dead (eDNA) microbial DNA, enabling precise analysis of microbial life in the ...

Penguins aren’t just found in icy parts of the planet like Antarctica. They're all around the world, including in scrublands, ...

Spanish label Ecoalf and filmmaker Stella Banderas address the Atacama Desert in an anti-Black Friday video, urging shoppers ...

"There is no place on earth quite like the Atacama desert,” explains Oliver Ripley, Our Habitas Co-Founder and CEO. “It's an incredibly serene and humbling place, which is a draw for those ...

The dry, desolate landscape of the Atacama Desert has been used by American space agency Nasa to replicate conditions on Mars Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC ...