NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that’s currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet’s official name is 3I/ATLAS. It’s officially the third known…
The ‘lithium triangle’ formed by Chile, Argentina and Bolivia accounts for nearly half of the world’s lithium reserves (LUIS ROBAYO) Europe’s ambition to be a world player in decarbonised transportation arguably depends on sourcing lithium abroad, especially in South America. Even the bloc’s broader energy security and climate goals could depend on securing a steady…
The Trump administration said on Monday that it planned to extradite a handful of Venezuelan men to Chile after declaring them subject to the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime law whose novel use is the subject of a pitched court battle. In a statement, Justice Department officials said three men had been declared “alien enemies”…
El miércoles, un equipo internacional de astrónomos desveló la prueba más convincente hasta la fecha de que la energía oscura —un misterioso fenómeno que impulsa a nuestro universo a expandirse cada vez más rápido— no es una fuerza constante de la naturaleza, sino una fuerza que sube y baja a través del tiempo cósmico. Según…
An international team of astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the most compelling evidence to date that dark energy — a mysterious phenomenon pushing our universe to expand ever faster — is not a constant force of nature but one that ebbs and flows through cosmic time. Dark energy, the new measurement suggests, may not resign our…
Chile’s government imposed a curfew and declared a state of emergency in response to a sweeping blackout that cut electricity to most of the country including the capital, Santiago, on Tuesday. The massive outage, which began in the afternoon, affected eight million households across the country, from the northern port city of Arica to Los…
Paddling through choppy waters under cloudy skies, Adrián Simancas and his father were packrafting only a few yards away from each other when something huge lunged, mouth open, from the waves below. A humpback whale appeared to gulp Mr. Simancas down, then rolled over into the waters of Chilean Patagonia. Moments later, Mr. Simancas bobbed…
Shortly after 3 a.m., a battering ram burst open the door to a 14th-floor apartment and three men dressed in the black tactical gear of the Chilean police rushed in. Brandishing guns, they grabbed Ronald Ojeda in front of his wife and 6-year-old son and dragged him away in his underwear. Mr. Ojeda, a 32-year-old…
During a nine-day trip through Latin America in the fall, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina and inaugurated a $3-billion Chinese-funded port in Peru. Over and over, Xi stressed his interest in strengthening economic ties with the region 10,000 miles from Beijing. “True friends always feel…
Eye Opener: Dozens stuck on Chile ferris wheel overnight – CBS News Watch CBS News More than 35 people were trapped overnight and had to be rescued by firefighters when a ferris wheel in Chile stopped running. Meanwhile, an NHL goalie made history by scoring a goal and an assist in the same game. All…