The world's 'driest' desert that hasn't seen a drop of rain in 500 years
This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking ...
Why A 9-Million-Year-Old Great White Shark Ancestor Was Found In A Desert—A Biologist Explains
One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...
In most of the U.S., the rainy season comes in spring. Not California
It seems like merely a fact of life on the West Coast that summers are dry. But compared to most of the rest of the country ...
Star cluster reveals its colors in stunning 80-million-pixel image
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...
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Chile: ELT: The telescope that promises to discover whether there is life on a ‘second Earth’ from Chile
In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...
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Wetlands bring economic opportunities as they spring back to life
First of 3 parts Miriam Abarca is standing on a wooden platform overlooking the Cahuil Lagoon, a small, salty pine-fringed ...