ALMA Telescope Operations Halted

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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'

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A rare snowfall in the driest place on Earth has halted operations of one of the world's premier telescope arrays.

The snowfall occurred over ALMA 's Operations Support Facility , located at an altitude of 9,500 feet ( 2,900 meters ) Scientific operations have been suspended since Thursday ( June 26 ) The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a large network of radio telescopes in northern Chile .

A weather event of this magnitude has not been seen in nearly a decade .

María de los Ángeles Orfila is a science journalist from Montevideo, Uruguay , known for her long-form writing featured in El País and El Observador . She also participated in the Sharon Dunwoody Mentoring Program 2023 offered by The Open Notebook and has bylines in Science , Scientific American , and Discover Magazine , among other outlets. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name..