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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.
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'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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'Miracle' in the town located in the world's most arid desert
When the first time the travelers traveled through the desert to discover this place, with the lagoon full of water and the good vegetation surrounding them, they couldn…
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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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In the driest desert in the world, there is a giant hand that is calling for help.
Growing up in the middle of the white sand of the driest desert in the world, the giant hand bears the illusory and mysterious looks like
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10 locations on another planet-like Earth
The Rio Tinto River, Devon Island, Kilauea volcano, are three of the places on Earth that resemble planets and moons in the solar system.
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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…
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Life is in the driest place on Earth
Scientists discovered many types of bacteria that live in the soil in the Atacama desert, the driest place in the world.
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8 destinations for science enthusiasts
Going to the Florida Keys or Atacama Desert in the summer, experts or science lovers can witness and observe the unique natural phenomena.