Atacama Current Affairs, GK & News
Paraliparis selti – new species of deep sea fish
Scientists have recently discovered a new species of deep sea fish in the Atacama Trench. Key facts In 2018, an international team of researchers surveyed the Atacama Trench by deployed free-falling landers to study deep sea creatures. They recorded three types of hadal snailfish, one of which is never known to science. The new species, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: Atacama • Deep sea • Deep sea exploration • New Species • trench
Scientists spot sunspot with centre twice the size of Earth
Scientists have spotted a new view of the dark, contorted centre of a sunspot that is nearly twice the diameter of the Earth. It was spotted using Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) antennas located in Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The discovery is an important expansion of range of observations that can be used to ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Atacama • Chile • Science and Technology • Space technology • Sunspots