Chile

The US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has given the green light to start construction of the world's largest digital camera. With a resolution of 3.2-gigapixels, the new camera is at the LSST now under construction atop Cerro Pachón in Chile.

Buried in lush Patagonian rainforest lies the Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, home to bizarrely shaped hotels crafted from local timber. This magical getaway stands tall as a beacon of sustainable architecture in one of the world's most pristine environments.

The people of Chile's drought-stricken north, home to the Atacama desert, have had to make do with very little when it comes to water. But a mist known as the Camanchaca rolls in from the Pacific from which they are able to harvest water through cleverly designed nets.

Renowned Chilean architect Cristián Undurraga has created a standout pavilion for this year’s World Exposition. Inspired by “the art of hospitality” the Chile pavilion features a dramatic external wooden facade and stretches over 1,910 sq m (20,560 sq ft).

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.