Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

A geomagnetic storm, the largest supermoon of the year, a comet and an eerie fireball were among the skywatching treats that ...

The solar system contains many thousands of small ... I saw it last week in the morning sky from Easter Island and it was splendid, with a bright nucleus and a long tail. Over the next few days ...

Astrophotographer Josh Dury’s photo of the Milky Way over Easter Island’s Moai statues has been honoured by NASA as Astronomy Photo of the Day.

FILE - Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File) FILE - Moai statues stand on Ahu ...

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum Returns Artifacts to Chile's Remote Easter Island COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late ...

He brought 5,600 objects back from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. This is the third time objects taken by him are being returned. Many have been stored and displayed at the Kon-Tiki Museum ...

Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific. In 1947 ...