When science organizations in the United States, Europe, and Japan dreamed up a new, ultra-powerful millimeter and submillimeter space observatory in the 1990s, they knew they couldn't just build it ...
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 ...
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One of the world’s most advanced telescopes just went dark after snow hit a place where it barely ever rains
In late June 2025, a rare weather event disrupted operations in one of the most arid regions on Earth. A snowstorm swept across northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, temporarily shutting down the Atacama ...
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 ...
The ALMA observatory in Chile captures its largest map yet of the Milky Way's central molecular zone, spanning three full moons side by side. - ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / S. Longmore et al. / D. Minniti et ...
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This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). In ...
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