all names

Atacama place

Named in 12 reports across 6 stories - 19 Aug – 13 Oct

also appears as Atacamu

19 Aug 202613 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Atacama. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Atacama.

Altiplano and Chile share 1 reportAntofagasta and Chile share 1 reportBolivia and Chile share 1 reportAltiplano and Bolivia share 1 reportCerro Armazones and Chile share 1 reportAntofagasta and Cerro Armazones share 1 reportAtacamaChileChile - 2 shared reports (place)ZemiZemi - 2 shared reports (place)AltiplanoAltiplano - 1 shared report (place)AntofagastaAntofagasta - 1 shared report (place)BoliviaBolivia - 1 shared report (place)Cerro ArmazonesCerro Armazones - 1 shared report (place)CopiapóCopiapó - 1 shared report (place)El NiñoEl Niño - 1 shared report (person)GodinamaGodinama - 1 shared report (place)Mléčné dráhyMléčné dráhy - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

James Webb’s little red dots may be monster stars that seeded black holes

35 outlets1 report names Atacama6 Aug – 27 Oct

Travel: Chile’s Atacama Desert is an otherworldy destination

10 outlets6 reports name Atacama16 Sept – 25 Oct

Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert - NASA Science (.gov)

5 outlets2 reports name Atacama27 Aug – 30 Aug

The mirrors of the future Extremely Large Telescope in Chile are polished to the nearest atom, in a factory in Poitou

1 outlets1 report names Atacama11 Oct

Una aventura por las joyas del Altiplano andino entre desiertos, salares, paisajes lunares y géiseres

1 outlets1 report names Atacama11 Oct

Atacama Desert sand in Chile covered with snow

1 outlets1 report names Atacama21 Aug

Who keeps naming them

Novinky (Czechia)4tportal (Croatia)2iRozhlas (Czechia)2ČT24 (Czechia)1Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)1El País (Spain)1iDNES (Czechia)1Le Monde (France)1Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)1

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