Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

“The timing aligns with a period when Mars was transitioning from its earlier, wetter state to its current desert environment.” It’s possible that in addition to being in the dust ...

Speaking on Tuesday evening, Chile’s national grid operator suggested that the incident was linked to a high-voltage transmission line that carries electricity from the Atacama Desert to the capital ...

China's Mars rover discovered evidence of an ancient Red Planet beach. Here's why scientists are excited about this.

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life," he added. "It's thought that the earliest life on Earth began at locations like this, near the interface of air and shallow water." ...

But hold off on grabbing the sun lotion, because there's a catch—it's on ancient Mars. Analyzing data collected by China's Zhurong Mars Rover, an international team of researchers have detected ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...

I come correct with good news and glad tidings, my dudes. Mars — our planet of will, energy, sexuality, and action, getting it done and getting it on — is at long last going direct.

Widely considered the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert receives less than 15 millimeters (0.6 inches) of rainfall per year, with some weather stations never having recorded any rain at all.

During US President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech on January 20, he declared that getting to Mars would be America’s next frontier in space. "We will pursue our manifest destiny into the ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as ...