Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places – as ...

Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around Chile that have been ...

In Chile's Atacama Desert, researchers are using innovative fog-catching nets to collect moisture and grow hydroponic lettuce ...

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

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 ...

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 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

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

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...