Chile | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/chile/RSS feed for ChileenWed, 26 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000A New Telescope Still Under Construction Accidentally Reveals How a Dying Star Returns Matter to Spacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-telescope-still-under-construction-accidentally-reveals-how-a-dying-star-returns-matter-to-space-180989349/Researchers captured an unprecedented image of the stellar recycling process while calibrating a Chile-based instrument called MOTHRA, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2026Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-telescope-still-under-construction-accidentally-reveals-how-a-dying-star-returns-matter-to-space-180989349/Is This Giant Celestial Body a Moon, a Planet or Something in Between? The Strange Object Calls Astronomical Labels Into Questionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-this-giant-celestial-body-a-moon-a-planet-or-something-in-between-the-strange-object-calls-astrononomical-labels-into-question-180989183/The newly found object, estimated to be roughly as massive as Jupiter, orbits a brown dwarf—a "failed star"—which in turn circles a small star. For now, researchers are calling the puzzling body an "exosatellite"Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:14:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-this-giant-celestial-body-a-moon-a-planet-or-something-in-between-the-strange-object-calls-astrononomical-labels-into-question-180989183/Here's How These Adorable Mice Can Live at an Extremely High Elevation Where No Other Mammal Is Known to Residehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-how-these-adorable-mice-can-live-at-an-extremely-high-elevation-where-no-other-mammal-is-known-to-survive-180989116/The Andean leaf-eared mouse has adaptations that help it generate body heat efficiently in frigid, low-oxygen conditions at 22,000 feet above sea level, according to a new studyTue, 14 Jul 2026 18:45:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-how-these-adorable-mice-can-live-at-an-extremely-high-elevation-where-no-other-mammal-is-known-to-survive-180989116/'The Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made': The World's Largest Digital Camera Begins a Historic, Decade-Long Survey of the Night Skyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-greatest-cosmic-movie-ever-made-the-worlds-largest-digital-camera-begins-a-historic-decade-long-survey-of-the-night-sky-180989059/After a year of testing, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has started capturing data as part of the much-anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and TimeWed, 01 Jul 2026 21:21:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-greatest-cosmic-movie-ever-made-the-worlds-largest-digital-camera-begins-a-historic-decade-long-survey-of-the-night-sky-180989059/The Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy Seems to Be Blowing Wind—Just as Scientists Long Theorizedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-our-galaxy-seems-to-be-blowing-wind-just-as-scientists-long-theorized-180988908/Scientists have been searching for evidence of this breeze since the 1970s. They've seen intense wind from other black holes, but they've struggled to observe the one at the Milky Way's centerFri, 05 Jun 2026 19:34:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-our-galaxy-seems-to-be-blowing-wind-just-as-scientists-long-theorized-180988908/Hundreds of Spanish Settlers Died at the 'Port of Famine.' This Newly Discovered Silver Coin Reveals Where the Doomed Colony Was Founded 400 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-of-spanish-settlers-died-at-the-port-of-famine-this-newly-discovered-silver-coin-reveals-where-the-doomed-colony-was-founded-400-years-ago-180988519/Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe was established on the north shore of Chile's Strait of Magellan in 1584. When an English navigator came across it several years later, few survivors remainedFri, 17 Apr 2026 17:42:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-of-spanish-settlers-died-at-the-port-of-famine-this-newly-discovered-silver-coin-reveals-where-the-doomed-colony-was-founded-400-years-ago-180988519/A Man Brought His Father’s ‘Piece of the Parthenon’ to Greek Officials. They Said It Was From an Even Older Temple in the Acropolis of Athenshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-brought-his-fathers-piece-of-the-parthenon-to-greek-officials-they-said-it-was-from-an-even-older-temple-in-the-acropolis-180987628/The engraved marble fragment likely came from an archaic temple called the Hekatompedon, making it around 2,600 years oldWed, 05 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-brought-his-fathers-piece-of-the-parthenon-to-greek-officials-they-said-it-was-from-an-even-older-temple-in-the-acropolis-180987628/Did Easter Island's Mysterious Moai Statues Waddle to Their Final Locations? Here's What That May Have Looked Likehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-easter-islands-mysterious-moai-statues-waddle-to-their-final-locations-heres-what-that-may-have-looked-like-180987569/Based on 3D modeling and testing on a moai replica, researchers think that small groups of people may have used ropes to "walk" the large statues across the islandMon, 27 Oct 2025 18:44:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-easter-islands-mysterious-moai-statues-waddle-to-their-final-locations-heres-what-that-may-have-looked-like-180987569/High in the Andes of Northern Chile, Hunters Once Used These Stone Wall Traps to Capture Preyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/high-in-the-andes-of-chile-hunters-once-used-these-stone-wall-traps-to-capture-prey-180987519/Archaeologist Adrián Oyaneder discovered dozens of structures called chacu while reviewing satellite images of the Camarones River BasinThu, 16 Oct 2025 17:58:25 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/high-in-the-andes-of-chile-hunters-once-used-these-stone-wall-traps-to-capture-prey-180987519/The World's Oldest Mummies Might Be These Smoke-Dried, 12,000-Year-Old Skeletons From Southeast Asiahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-oldest-mummies-might-be-these-smoke-dried-12000-year-old-skeletons-from-south-america-180987348/The human remains predate Chile's Chinchorro mummies and the famously preserved pharaohs of ancient Egypt by millenniaTue, 16 Sep 2025 17:53:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-oldest-mummies-might-be-these-smoke-dried-12000-year-old-skeletons-from-south-america-180987348/