Last week, ALMA was forced to pause all scientific operations as the Atacama Desert's lofty plateau received its first snowfall in a decade. Staff at ALMA's Array Operations Site (AOS) shared on ...

Scientists at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, including some from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, broke ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself. It is the only true desert to receive less precipitation than polar deserts, making it the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second ...

Up on the high plains of the Atacama Desert, Chile's largest religious festival brings tens of thousands of worshippers together for a Catholic celebration with a twist.

Most exercises, however, force the division out of its cold-weather comfort zone to locales such as Chile’s Atacama Desert — the world’s driest desert — or the humid jungles of the Indo ...

The Atacama Desert, Chile Panoramic view of the Tara Cathedrals (left) and the Tara salt flat in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Known as the ...

Snowfall in the Atacama Desert in Chile is rare, yet the unexpected winter storm on June 25 blanketed parts of the desert in snow, surprising experts.

Snow fell at an elevation of 9,500 feet in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the world's driest nonpolar desert. ALMA / Felipe Besser Last week, astronomers stationed at the Atacama Large Millimeter ...