Scientists have figured out a way to collect water in places where there isn’t any at all. Or, there isn’t any in or under ...

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled ...

But our desert hike is quiet ... meaning we can look forward to fresh oysters, Chilean ceviche with quinoa and pastel de jaiba, a kind of crab quiche. Served with a sweet and sour pisco sour ...

Chilean police have launched a major search ... the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood to have been working. Police have admitted ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

Chile's "Hidden Lagoons" are gorgeous salt pools in the middle of the Atacama Desert. The pools are so high in salinity that swimmers can effortlessly float on their surface. Written and produced ...

The night skies above the Chilean desert are the best in the world to see deep into space, but light pollution from a planned industrial project could change that, as John Bartlett reports.