Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It is most famous for nearly ...

Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab ...

The “ring of fire” eclipse of 2024 was a spectacular celestial event — and Dave Eicher saw it from an equally spectacular ...

The mystery of Easter Island has continuously baffled experts ... It is famously known for the statues of heads, known as Moai that dot the island. The moai represent ancestral chiefs who were ...

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ...

The biggest Rapa Nui mystery is how these giant sculptures ... "That's the story of my life," he says, shaking his head. Easter Island came to the world's attention in 1962 when pictures of ...

A viral Reddit post claims that a 72 feet tall statue, twice the size of the largest standing Moai, was carved but never erected on Easter Island. "Tourists can remove their egos—and their ...

This four-day itinerary for Rapa Nui (Easter Island) covers visits to ancient Moai statues, volcanic treks, cultural ...

A few privileged skywatchers gathered on Chile's Easter Island on Wednesday to prepare to observe a solar eclipse. Visitors ...

They speak to Patrick Clarke about their their spectacular debut album Using mallets and guitars, Liverpool's Ex-Easter Island Head whip up tropical storm clouds of rhythm and natural reverberation.

Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions ... These are carved human figures with oversized heads, often resting on huge stone pedestals called ahus.