Armed Telescope
At the edges of the visible universe, 45 billion light-years away, sit some of the oldest known galaxies. How they formed and developed is a mystery, but a spectrograph…
View ArticleThe Sharpest Photos Of Space Ever
A team of astronomers from the University of Arizona, Italy's Arceti Obervatory, and the Carnegie Observatory has developed a new camera system that can record images in…
View ArticleBig Pic: The Last Radio Antenna Arrives At Chile's Massive ALMA Telescope
High up in the Chilean desert, this 12-meter wide, ultra-precise radio telescope has just been handed over to its new home. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
View ArticleWhere Does Volcano Lightning Come From?
Earlier this morning the Villarrica volcano erupted in Chile, forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee from the city of Pucón. Images of the eruption show a …
View ArticleChile's Calbuco Volcano Erupts Spectacularly
Chile's Calbuco volcano has been sleeping since 1972--and yesterday, it woke up with a start. The peak finally erupted, sending a huge ash plume into the air followed by…
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Why Chile's Huge Earthquake Wasn't Much Worse
USGSMap of Chile EarthquakesA map showing historic earthquakes in Chile. Yellow dots show earthquakes larger than a magnitude 8.3, like the one that happened on September 16.The quake that struck just...
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Google’s Internet Balloon Comes Down In Chile
Aviation Loon out below! Internet balloon crashed.
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PopSci Visits The World's Largest Radio Telescope
Science ALMA is finally being unwrapped, and your telescope correspondent is going to Chile to see it. A new radio telescope that can hear the faintest heartbeats in the universe--colder and farther...
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A Subterranean Performance Inaugurates The Largest Earth Telescope Ever
Technology The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is officially introduced today in Chile, and PopSci is high in the Andes with the details. SANTIAGO, Chile -- Wearing a rainbow skirt,...
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Armed Telescope
Technology At the edges of the visible universe, 45 billion light-years away, sit some of the oldest known galaxies. How they formed and developed is a mystery, but a spectrograph…
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The Sharpest Photos Of Space Ever
Technology With a new camera system, astronomers are seeing the universe in super high-resolution. A team of astronomers from the University of Arizona, Italy's Arceti Obervatory, and the Carnegie...
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Big Pic: The Last Radio Antenna Arrives At Chile's Massive ALMA Telescope
Technology The last in a set of 66 radio antennas has been delivered to the ambitious observatory in Chile's Atacama desert, more than 16,000 feet above sea level. High up in the Chilean desert, this...
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Where Does Volcano Lightning Come From?
Science Today's eruption in Chile had some shocking accompaniment Earlier this morning the Villarrica volcano erupted in Chile, forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee from the city of...
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Chile's Calbuco Volcano Erupts Spectacularly
Science Evacuations and ash plumes and lava, oh my! Chile's Calbuco volcano has been sleeping since 1972--and yesterday, it woke up with a start. The peak finally erupted, sending a huge ash plume...
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Why Chile's Huge Earthquake Wasn't Much Worse
Science We actually can learn from the past The quake that struck just off the coast of Chile last night was huge by any standard. It measured a magnitude 8.3, shaking considerably more than the 7.8...
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Google’s Internet Balloon Comes Down In Chile
Aviation Loon out below! Internet balloon crashed.
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How to survive a tsunami
Environment We asked experts how to live through one of nature’s most powerful disasters. Most people do not survive being swept into a tsunami. But there are a few ways you can protect yourself from...
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