Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found ...

Explore the dramatic rock formations of Valle de la Luna in the Atacama Desert, Chile—an alien landscape that earned its ...

The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. Some areas get very little rain each year. The soil is salty, and in some places it even contains harmful elements like arsenic.

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Nemotodes can certainly adapt to extreme environments, such as the deep sea, Antarctica and mines that stretch kilometres ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

No one knows the exact meaning of the Atacama Giant in northern Chile. Some believe it was an astronomical calendar, others think it marked sacred routes. Its mystery draws curious minds from around ...

Some believe the Betz mystery sphere, a steel ball that a Florida family found on their property in 1974, is a piece of alien technology. Here’s the truth.

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

In October 2000, nearly three years after Dennis Craig Edmondson was reported missing, teens found the remains in a desert area in Golden Valley.

DENVER—Last month, President Donald Trump took to social media with an announcement that he would direct the Pentagon and other federal agencies to “begin the process” of disclosing government files ...