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 ...

CHANARAL, Chile (Reuters) -In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a ...

For the first time in Kazakhstan’s scientific history, a high-precision robotic telescope has been installed and launched in ...

Being thrown from a horse triggered my bodys fight-or-flight response, but what came next was truly surprising.

Researchers have discovered why atacamite, a rare mineral found in Chile, spontaneously cools down when exposed to a magnetic ...

The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

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

When science organizations in the United States, Europe, and Japan dreamed up a new, ultra-powerful millimeter and ...

Deserts provide some of the most unique and treacherous trekking experiences on the globe. These vast, barren lands are not ...

Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...