Chile is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” — where tectonic plates clash under the surface of the Pacific Ocean and spawn earthquakes and tsunamis.

Chileans still have painful memories of a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010 that triggered a tsunami and killed 526 people. Since that disaster, Chilean authorities have sought to improve emergency ...

The planet WASP-121b is extreme. It's a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star–50 ...

The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A sweeping blackout plunged most of Chile into darkness Tuesday, stranding commuters, knocking the ...

The country is ready to stake its claim in the growing astrotourism niche, capitalizing on one of its most underutilized ...

One of the driest places in the world is Chile’s Atacama Desert. It receives less than a millimeter of rainfall […] ...

Scientists have proposed an unlikely solution to water scarcity in one of the driest places on the planet: fog. By harvesting ...

A field study spanning a year showed that water collected from fog could ease water scarcity affecting vulnerable populations ...