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Space.com on MSN3d
Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Rare Blanket of Snow Falls in Chile's Atacama, the World's Driest Desert
Last week, astronomers stationed at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory in northern Chile ...
Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desert
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...
Snow Covers World's Driest Desert 'Atacama' After A Decade
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...
Snow cloaks Chile’s Atacama, world’s driest desert
Expert says climate modelling has shown this type of event will likely become more frequent. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ExtremeTech on MSN6d
Rare Desert Snowfall Forces ALMA Observatory to Pause Operations
When science organizations in the United States, Europe, and Japan dreamed up a new, ultra-powerful millimeter and ...
Greek Reporter11d
Snow Blankets Atacama, the World’s Driest Desert, in Rare Weather Event
Snow covered Chile's Atacama Desert, offering a rare sight of winter in a place with almost nonexistent rainfall and normally ...
ExtremeTech7d
Rare Desert Snowfall Forces ALMA Observatory to Pause Operations
Weather data for the Atacama Desert shows that the region's day and nighttime temperatures are now an average of 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than they were on June 26. Sure enough, a live view of ...