Astronomers first identified these minerals using the now-three-year-old James Webb Space Telescope. To see where exactly the ...

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

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

Last week, astronomers stationed at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory in northern Chile ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or planetesimals, must ...

SQM’s new state partnership faces growing scrutiny amid rising global competition for one of the world’s most critical ...

Chile is a land of breathtaking contrasts, where towering Andes peaks meet the endless Pacific coast, and ancient traditions ...

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...

For the first time in Kazakhstan’s scientific history, a high-precision robotic telescope has been installed and launched in ...

Researchers have discovered why atacamite, a rare mineral found in Chile, spontaneously cools down when exposed to a magnetic ...

Deserts provide some of the most unique and treacherous trekking experiences on the globe. These vast, barren lands are not ...

An international research team has witnessed the earliest moments to date of planets beginning to form around a star beyond ...