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

Oct. 2's annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about ...

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

Monolithic human figures called moai carved by Easter Island inhabitants (UCSB) The Rapa Nui island is located in the Pacific over 1,900km east of the closest inhabited Polynesian island and about ...

Easter Island, located in the Pacific Ocean 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) from the coast of Chile, is best known for the enigmatic "moai" stone statues of humans carved by the Rapanui people.

A NEW study has shed light on a 400-year-old indigenous tribe on a mysterious island in the Pacific Ocean. It was previously believed that the indigenous population on Easter Island had collapsed ...

New studies have cast doubt on the widely held belief that Easter Island’s ... debated the riddles of the island, known for its huge stone statues called “moai” but also the theory that ...

"The ring of fire is a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Rocio Garcia, a tourist on Easter Island told Reuters on Tuesday. "Especially here in Rapa Nui with the Moai in the background it will be ...

A few privileged skywatchers gathered on Chile's Easter ... to the island in the South Pacific will witness the 'ring of fire' created by the eclipse, escorted by the ancient moai sculptures.

Easter Island, located in the Pacific Ocean 3,700km from the coast of Chile, is best known for the enigmatic "moai" stone statues of humans carved by the Rapanui people. A widespread theory ...

Easter Island is known for its huge stone statues called ‘moai’ David Madison/Getty Images His writings, which have also explored demographic and ecological collapses from Viking settlers in ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina >> The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean this afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular “ring of fire” ...