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The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...
The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape ...
Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...
The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, has been covered in an unexpected layer of snow. In this area, rain is ...
Located in the remote Atacama Desert in Chile, Tierra Atacama reemerges from a year-long renovation to invite visitors back ...
In Chile’s arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very ...
In Chile's Atacama Desert, researchers are using innovative fog-catching nets to collect moisture and grow hydroponic lettuce ...
Residents of the world’s driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...
Record low temperatures were recorded as far south as Chile's Atacama Desert, where snow fell for the first time in a decade, ...