The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

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

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

A polar air mass has brought record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, causing at least 15 deaths and forcing ...

The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...

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

Snow covered Chile's Atacama Desert, offering a rare sight of winter in a place with almost nonexistent rainfall and normally ...

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

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

In Chile’s arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very ...