Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. "INCREDIBLE ... Astronomical ...

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

Residents of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile awoke to snow covering the lunar landscape The ALMA observatory ... the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the National Astronomical ...

Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat ...

On the question of food, Aomori is usually renowned for its Fuji apples. In the depths of winter, though, it’s hard not to ...

A ryokan in the sky? It sounds an unlikely prospect but Japan always delivers intriguing surprises. Who would expect ­tatami ...

YAMAGATA--A hot spring resort in this prefecture renowned for its heavy snowfall is offering discounts in accommodation and bathing charges for visitors when at least 40 centimeters of snow falls ...

Japan’s one of those places where every season feels like a whole different experience—blossoms in spring, blazing leaves in ...

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

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

Small bear disrupts Japanese airport, prompting low-speed chase on runway Twelve flights were canceled Thursday as airport employees chased the bear around the runway, an airport official said.