One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking ...

Discover groundbreaking designs at Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2024, with a €100,000 prize for visionary architects.

It seems like merely a fact of life on the West Coast that summers are dry. But compared to most of the rest of the country ...

A significant 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the Atacama coast, Chile. According to the European-Mediterranean ...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile on Tuesday the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...

A glorious, colorful image captured by a telescope in Chile shows the bright glow of star cluster RCW 38, where young stars are being born.

Laguna la Cruz on the Gulf of California coast in Sonora, Mexico, is an important stopover point for many migratory species.

After months at sea, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to San Diego on Thursday, with over 37,000 pounds of confiscated cocaine and one less crew member, lost at sea, officials said.

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...