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

Exploring deserts at night is a different kind of experience, with boundless open skies and innumerable stars making for a ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

As travelers continue to look for unique experiences under the night sky, astro-tourism is becoming increasingly popular ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory ...

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.

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that surrounds its young host star ...