When snow shut down one of Earth’s most advanced telescopes high in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the surprise was not just that ...

Learn more about the snowfall that shut down ALMA in the Atacama desert, and how researchers worry this could be a sign of ...

A rare snowfall in the driest place on Earth has halted operations of one of the world's premier telescope arrays, and climate change may mean the observatory will face more extreme weather events ...

Here's how to plan a trip to Chile's Atacama Desert, with expert recommendations on where to stay, what to do, and the best ...

ALMA in Chile receives 145 low-noise amplifiers for Band 2, enabling detailed studies of cold interstellar gas, planet-forming disks, and organic molecules in nearby galaxies.

The driest place in the world recently received some unexpected moisture. On June 25 2025, snow fell on the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth. The unexpected storm swept through the high ...

This recently-released image from NASA gives a mesmerizing, bird’s eye view of an unusual event in what’s widely considered the driest non-polar place on Earth – the Atacama Desert. The satellite ...

AMHERST, Mass. - A recent research report about one of the largest lithium brine and salt deposits in the world in Chile's Atacama Desert by geoscientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Atacama Region, Chile (27.6°S 70.5°W), 09 Mar 2023 Atacama Region, Chile (27.6°S 70.5°W), 09 Mar 2023 The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land ...

A patchwork of crystal-clear lagoons and vast salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert forms an otherworldly ecosystem unlike "anything any scientist has ever seen," researchers say. The ...

Researchers have discovered a jaw-dropping ecosystem of crystal-clear lagoons and salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert that could offer a window onto early life on Earth and Mars. When ...