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$800 Million Camera, Car-Sized, To Capture Universe As Never Before
- Wednesday January 31, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Surrounded by the desert mountains and clear blue sky of northern Chile, astronomers from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory hope to revolutionize the study of the universe by affixing the world's largest-ever digital camera to a telescope.
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Atacama Desert Experiences Rare Flower Bloom, Photos Viral
- Tuesday August 23, 2022
- Offbeat | Edited by Diksha Rani
The Atacama Desert, an arid region in northern Chile, is the oldest and driest desert in the world. But a lesser-known fact about the desert is that it explodes with new plant life every few years.
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"Quite Unexpected": Growing Grapes In The World's Driest Desert
- Tuesday May 24, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard.
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'Flying Dragon' Dinosaur Roamed the Southern Skies Too, Scientists Say
- Saturday September 11, 2021
- Reuters
Scientists in Chile's Atacama Desert have unearthed the fossil remains of a so-called "flying dragon," a Jurassic-era dinosaur previously known only to the northern hemisphere.
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Jurassic-Era 'Winged Lizard' Unearthed In Chile
- Saturday September 11, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era "winged lizard" known as a pterosaur.
- www.ndtv.com
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New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered in World’s Driest Desert in Chile
- Saturday April 24, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Palaeontologists in Chile have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaurs in the country's Atacama Desert. The Arackar Licanantay belongs to the gigantic titanosaur dinosaur family.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Remains Of Jurassic Sea Predator Found In Chile's Atacama Desert
- Friday September 25, 2020
- World News | Reuters
Scientists have unearthed the remains of Jurassic sea predators resembling killer whales in the world's driest desert in Chile.
- www.ndtv.com
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Venus Discovered to Have Traces of Phosphine Gas Linked to Life on Earth
- Tuesday September 15, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas – which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms – scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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A Tiny Skeleton Found In Chile Might Look Like An Alien, But Her Genes Tell A Different Story
- Friday March 23, 2018
- World News | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post
The Atacama skeleton, or Ata, named after the Chilean desert where the remains were found, has 10 pairs of ribs. The average person has 12. Ata's skull narrows to a ridged peak. Her bones are as calcified as those of a child between the ages of 6 and 8. Yet her skeleton's apparent age is at odds with her size. If Ata ever stood, she stood 6 inches ...
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Scientists Just Found The Oldest Known Black Hole, And It's A Monster
- Friday December 8, 2017
- World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
At the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, perched high atop a mountain in the world's driest desert,Eduardo Banados scanned for the signature of a massive, invisible sinkhole in the sky slurping up a whirlpool of brilliant, hot matte
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Chile Desert Combed For Clues To Life On Mars
- Thursday April 6, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand -- but scientists are busy searching here for clues to life in a place it much resembles: Mars.
- www.ndtv.com
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El Nino Covers Arid Atacama Desert in Flowers
- Friday October 30, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Here's a softer side to the disruptive weather phenomenon known as El Nino: an enormous blanket of colorful flowers has carpeted Chile's Atacama desert, the most arid in the world.
- www.ndtv.com
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Chile to Host 70 Per cent of World's Astronomical Infrastructure by 2020
- Wednesday April 15, 2015
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.
- www.ndtv.com
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23 Dead, 57 Missing in Chilean Desert Floods
- Wednesday April 1, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The death toll from devastating flash floods in Chile's normally arid north rose to 23 today after five bodies were found, and the number of missing surged to 57, authorities said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Life in Mars? Ancient Earth-Like Soils Provides Clue
- Friday July 18, 2014
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Deepening suspicion that there is or was life in Mars, a study based on images and data captured by the NASA rover Curiosity says that Mars had Earth-like soils comparable with soils in Antarctic Dry Valleys and Chile's Atacama desert some 3.7 billion years ago.
- www.ndtv.com
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$800 Million Camera, Car-Sized, To Capture Universe As Never Before
- Wednesday January 31, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Surrounded by the desert mountains and clear blue sky of northern Chile, astronomers from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory hope to revolutionize the study of the universe by affixing the world's largest-ever digital camera to a telescope.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Atacama Desert Experiences Rare Flower Bloom, Photos Viral
- Tuesday August 23, 2022
- Offbeat | Edited by Diksha Rani
The Atacama Desert, an arid region in northern Chile, is the oldest and driest desert in the world. But a lesser-known fact about the desert is that it explodes with new plant life every few years.
- www.ndtv.com
-
"Quite Unexpected": Growing Grapes In The World's Driest Desert
- Tuesday May 24, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard.
- www.ndtv.com
-
'Flying Dragon' Dinosaur Roamed the Southern Skies Too, Scientists Say
- Saturday September 11, 2021
- Reuters
Scientists in Chile's Atacama Desert have unearthed the fossil remains of a so-called "flying dragon," a Jurassic-era dinosaur previously known only to the northern hemisphere.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Jurassic-Era 'Winged Lizard' Unearthed In Chile
- Saturday September 11, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era "winged lizard" known as a pterosaur.
- www.ndtv.com
-
New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered in World’s Driest Desert in Chile
- Saturday April 24, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Palaeontologists in Chile have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaurs in the country's Atacama Desert. The Arackar Licanantay belongs to the gigantic titanosaur dinosaur family.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Remains Of Jurassic Sea Predator Found In Chile's Atacama Desert
- Friday September 25, 2020
- World News | Reuters
Scientists have unearthed the remains of Jurassic sea predators resembling killer whales in the world's driest desert in Chile.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Venus Discovered to Have Traces of Phosphine Gas Linked to Life on Earth
- Tuesday September 15, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas – which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms – scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
- www.gadgets360.com
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A Tiny Skeleton Found In Chile Might Look Like An Alien, But Her Genes Tell A Different Story
- Friday March 23, 2018
- World News | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post
The Atacama skeleton, or Ata, named after the Chilean desert where the remains were found, has 10 pairs of ribs. The average person has 12. Ata's skull narrows to a ridged peak. Her bones are as calcified as those of a child between the ages of 6 and 8. Yet her skeleton's apparent age is at odds with her size. If Ata ever stood, she stood 6 inches ...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Scientists Just Found The Oldest Known Black Hole, And It's A Monster
- Friday December 8, 2017
- World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
At the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, perched high atop a mountain in the world's driest desert,Eduardo Banados scanned for the signature of a massive, invisible sinkhole in the sky slurping up a whirlpool of brilliant, hot matte
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chile Desert Combed For Clues To Life On Mars
- Thursday April 6, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand -- but scientists are busy searching here for clues to life in a place it much resembles: Mars.
- www.ndtv.com
-
El Nino Covers Arid Atacama Desert in Flowers
- Friday October 30, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Here's a softer side to the disruptive weather phenomenon known as El Nino: an enormous blanket of colorful flowers has carpeted Chile's Atacama desert, the most arid in the world.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chile to Host 70 Per cent of World's Astronomical Infrastructure by 2020
- Wednesday April 15, 2015
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.
- www.ndtv.com
-
23 Dead, 57 Missing in Chilean Desert Floods
- Wednesday April 1, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The death toll from devastating flash floods in Chile's normally arid north rose to 23 today after five bodies were found, and the number of missing surged to 57, authorities said.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Life in Mars? Ancient Earth-Like Soils Provides Clue
- Friday July 18, 2014
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Deepening suspicion that there is or was life in Mars, a study based on images and data captured by the NASA rover Curiosity says that Mars had Earth-like soils comparable with soils in Antarctic Dry Valleys and Chile's Atacama desert some 3.7 billion years ago.
- www.ndtv.com