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Under the 'death ground' of Earth, strange creatures reveal the life of Mars
An area 2-4 meters deep below one of the deadliest places on Earth has just appeared what could be
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'Special gold mine' in the harsh part of the Earth: More precious than lithium, the scientific world is constantly hunting!
What are scientists hunting in this arid core of the Atacama Desert in South America? The famous arid region on Earth has long been 'shunned' as a mostly lifeless wastel…
Environment
Strangely, the driest desert in the world, cacti can't live: Home to more than 1 million people!
In this desert, bacteria cannot live because the air is too dry. Yet, more than 1 million people still live there. Where is it?
Space science
Ancient comet explosion turned the world's driest desert into glass
The dark glass fields that dot the world's driest Atacama Desert were created by a comet that exploded about 12,000 years ago.
Biology
Flowers bloom in the driest desert on the planet
In recent weeks, the sand dunes of Atacama, Chile, the world's driest desert, have once again been bathed in vibrant colors as flowers bloom, despite a persistent drough…
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The vast mineral mine in the Atacama desert looks from space
The photo was taken on June 26, 2019 in a special area of the Tarapaca region in northern Chile, where the largest caliche mines (or Chilean matches) can be found.
Space science
'Meteorite cemetery' in the deadliest desert in the world
Scientists have discovered the Atacama desert - the driest place on earth - once the center of the attack of hundreds of ancient meteorites.
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The mysterious 'alien skeleton' is decoded
The skeleton was found in the town of La Noria in Chile's Atacama desert in 2003 and was named Ata.
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Discovering life in the world's most Martian-like place
Scientists have discovered bacteria in the world's driest desert and this suggests that there may be life on Mars.
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The discoveries you know?
Have you ever wondered what is the driest place in the world or how to put a pear in a bottle? The results of recent scientific discoveries will help us better understan…
1001 mystery
Identify the tiny mummy is a man, a male gender
The leading Stanford University scientists have unveiled the secret of the mummy 'alien' source found 10 years ago in the Atacama desert, Chile.
Archeology
150 mysterious mummies revealed in America
Archaeologists from Poland, Peru and Colombia saw 150 unidentified mummies in the Atacama desert, north of Chile with many different poses.
Archeology
Decipher the mysterious death at the 9 million year old whale cemetery
The mysteries associated with a 9 million-year-old whale graveyard in the Atacama desert located next to the Pan-American highway in Chile were finally revealed.
Space science
7 'Mars' lands on Earth
7 areas below converge to the harshest weather conditions on Mars. Therefore, scientists decided to use these 7 sites to test science technologies before putting them in…
Space science
The world's largest telescope is ready to operate
The world's largest radio telescope network is ready to operate phase 1 in the Atacama desert in northern Chile.