For stargazing in the Atacama Desert, a portable yet sturdy telescope is essential. Choose a model that balances ease of ...

Chile has failed to stop cars driving over the large designs etched into the rock of this vast landscape. Aerial images this ...

Images and drone videos released by the Atacama Desert Foundation show extensive tire tracks through the carved figures.

As hundreds of motorists take to the desert, their tracks damage the massive geoglyphs made by Indigenous groups in northern ...

Preservationists say governments at all levels have failed to prevent authorized and illegal off-road racers from driving ...

Planning your stargazing adventure. To reach the heart of the Atacama for an unparalleled stargazing experience, most ...

Ancient art carved into a Chilean desert by a lost civilization as long as 3,000 years ago risks destruction beneath the tires of off-roading enthusiasts, mining trucks, and rally vehicles, according ...

"The damage is irreversible," said one archaeologist about ruts left by off-roaders in the Nazca Lines-esque art.

Believed to be the oldest desert in the world, it is so similar to the Red Planet that NASA has conducted tests.

Illegal off-road racers in the Atacama Desert are blamed for the destruction of 3,000-year-old art that was also damaged by ...

The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever ...