The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...

The Atacama Desert typically receives only 0.04 to 0.6 inch (1 to 15 millimeters)of precipitation per year, and many areas can go years without recording any measurable rain or snow.

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, has been covered in an unexpected layer of snow. In this area, rain is ...

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Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of ...

In the predawn hours of July 1, 2025, a faint streak of light caught the attention of astronomers peering through data from a ...

Record low temperatures were recorded as far south as Chile's Atacama Desert, where snow fell for the first time in a decade, ...

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think about nature,” asks Aurora Radich, a nature therapist in northern ...

The Chilean Atacama Desert, which is considered the driest in the world, turned out to be snow-covered on Thursday, the ALMA ...