Articles for tag: ALMA Telescope, Atacama Desert, Climate Change, Global Warming Effects, Radio Astronomy, Rare Snowfall

Rare Snowfall Freezes Operations at ALMA Telescope in Atacama

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, has been covered in an unexpected layer of snow. In this area, rain is measured in millimetres and decades can go by without a single drop. The rare storm put the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), one of the world’s most advanced radio telescopes, into “survival mode,” ...