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ESO astronomers working from the La Silla Observatory, Chile, have detected the first direct reflection of light from an exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, orbiting a Sun-like star. Proof of the new method may have profound implications for future exoplanet observations.

NASA scientist's say that they have estimated that Mars may once have had enough water to form a vast body the size of the Arctic Ocean surrounding its north pole, where only plains remain.

Billed as the "world's first unstealable bike," the Yerka Project is the work of three engineering students from Chile who have figured out how to make the lock an integral part of the frame.

ESA’s Sample Acquisition Field Experiment with a Rover (SAFER) has completed six “Martian days” of tests roaming Chile’s Atacama Desert as part of a program to gain experience in building and operating planetary rovers in anticipation of the 2018 ESA Mars mission.

This week, ESA will carry out tests of a prototype Mars rover in the Atacama desert related to navigation, remote control and the use of scientific instruments to develop technologies and gain practical experience in anticipation of the launch of ESA's ExoMars mission in 2018.

This month, Carnegie Mellon’s Zoë robot will traverse Chile’s near-uninhabitable Atacama Desert as part of an astrobiology experiment.