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Newly Discovered Comet May Become Visible In Daylight This April
A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on January 13.
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Atacama Desert: The Driest Place On Earth With Mars-Like Environment
Scientists have studied the driest regions of the Atacama Desert to understand whether life could exist on Mars
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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 famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow.
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In Chile's Atacama, World's Driest Desert, Growing Lettuces With Fog
In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a net to catch drops of moisture from fog.
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World’s Largest Telescope Dome Complete in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile's Atacama Desert has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its dome's frame. The ELT, which will be the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope, is being developed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The dome, measuring 305 feet in diameter and...
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Atacama Desert Experiences Rare Flower Bloom, Photos Viral
The Atacama Desert, an arid region in northern Chile, is the oldest and driest desert in the world. But a lesser-known fact about the desert is that it explodes with new plant life every few years.
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"Quite Unexpected": Growing Grapes In The World's Driest Desert
In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard.
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Jurassic-Era 'Winged Lizard' Unearthed In Chile
Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era "winged lizard" known as a pterosaur.
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Dormant Life On Earth's Driest Desert Hints At Possibilities On Mars
It may rain once a decade or less in South America's Atacama Desert, but tiny bacteria and microorganisms survive there, hinting at the possibility of similar life on Mars, researchers said Monday.
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Chile Desert Combed For Clues To Life On Mars
Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand -- but scientists are busy searching here for clues to life in a place it much resembles: Mars.
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Driest Place On Earth Gives Clue To Life On Mars
A Mars-like laboratory in the "driest place on Earth" is helping NASA scientists study the limits of life and test drilling and life-detection technologies that might be sent to Red Planet in the future.
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El Nino Covers Arid Atacama Desert in Flowers
Here's a softer side to the disruptive weather phenomenon known as El Nino: an enormous blanket of colorful flowers has carpeted Chile's Atacama desert, the most arid in the world.
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Milky Way Mapped in 46 Billion Pixels
Astronomers have compiled the largest astronomical image to date - a picture of the Milky Way galaxy that contains 46 billion pixels.
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Chile to Host 70 Per cent of World's Astronomical Infrastructure by 2020
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.
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Europe Okays Building Phase of Largest Land-Based Telescope
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) said Thursday it would go ahead with construction of the world's most powerful land-based telescope, a behemoth designed to locate planets in other solar systems.
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Newly Discovered Comet May Become Visible In Daylight This April
A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on January 13.
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Atacama Desert: The Driest Place On Earth With Mars-Like Environment
Scientists have studied the driest regions of the Atacama Desert to understand whether life could exist on Mars
-
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 famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow.
-
In Chile's Atacama, World's Driest Desert, Growing Lettuces With Fog
In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a net to catch drops of moisture from fog.
-
World’s Largest Telescope Dome Complete in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile's Atacama Desert has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its dome's frame. The ELT, which will be the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope, is being developed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The dome, measuring 305 feet in diameter and...
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Atacama Desert Experiences Rare Flower Bloom, Photos Viral
The Atacama Desert, an arid region in northern Chile, is the oldest and driest desert in the world. But a lesser-known fact about the desert is that it explodes with new plant life every few years.
-
"Quite Unexpected": Growing Grapes In The World's Driest Desert
In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard.
-
Jurassic-Era 'Winged Lizard' Unearthed In Chile
Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era "winged lizard" known as a pterosaur.
-
Dormant Life On Earth's Driest Desert Hints At Possibilities On Mars
It may rain once a decade or less in South America's Atacama Desert, but tiny bacteria and microorganisms survive there, hinting at the possibility of similar life on Mars, researchers said Monday.
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Chile Desert Combed For Clues To Life On Mars
Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand -- but scientists are busy searching here for clues to life in a place it much resembles: Mars.
-
Driest Place On Earth Gives Clue To Life On Mars
A Mars-like laboratory in the "driest place on Earth" is helping NASA scientists study the limits of life and test drilling and life-detection technologies that might be sent to Red Planet in the future.
-
El Nino Covers Arid Atacama Desert in Flowers
Here's a softer side to the disruptive weather phenomenon known as El Nino: an enormous blanket of colorful flowers has carpeted Chile's Atacama desert, the most arid in the world.
-
Milky Way Mapped in 46 Billion Pixels
Astronomers have compiled the largest astronomical image to date - a picture of the Milky Way galaxy that contains 46 billion pixels.
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Chile to Host 70 Per cent of World's Astronomical Infrastructure by 2020
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.
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Europe Okays Building Phase of Largest Land-Based Telescope
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) said Thursday it would go ahead with construction of the world's most powerful land-based telescope, a behemoth designed to locate planets in other solar systems.
