Chile's indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with major miners Codelco and SQM to gain more ...

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A yearlong field study on the outskirts of Chile's Atacama Desert has shown the viability of fog harvesting as a method to ...

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The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a low water vapor content and it’s far from the city lights. The top of Cerro ...

A Stony Brook University professor and a trio of grad students took part in a scientific collaboration that produced the clearest, most precise images of the universe’s infancy, including the ...

ACT captures the universe’s first light with unmatched precision High-resolution data refines models of cosmic evolution Findings support existing theories but don’t resolve Hubble tension ...

Scientists working with the Alma telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert said they were “astonished” by the detection of oxygen in Jades-GS-z14-0, the most distant confirmed galaxy ever found, as it ...

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