A rare and intense snowfall in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the world's driest non-polar desert, has caused significant disruptions to radio telescopes in the region.[594123] Meanwhile, in the Andes, a team of astronomers successfully captured an unprecedented image of the Betelgeuse star, known as Beteigeuze, using the ALMA radio telescope network.[594123][427341] The extreme weather conditions in the Atacama Desert, exacerbated by the El Niño event, have rendered several radio telescopes inoperable, hindering scientific research in the field.[594123]