desert

To spot S301 -- which is two billion times fainter than the star Betelgeuse in our sky -- the team of astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in the Chilean desert.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Euphemistically known as “mobile lounges,” these hulking, 40-ton machines from the 1960s and ’70s look and feel like paramilitary vehicles trundling through a desert dystopia.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

At its center is a compact red source that closely resembles a little red dot and even evokes the ruby red fruit of the desert cactus.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Last week, we reported on a pointy desert plant that could make toilet paper softer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He wanted to bring the rains back to the desert.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Today, many of the best places to conduct this work are deserts or Arctic landscapes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Important fossil sites do not always require travel to distant deserts or remote continents.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

There was below-normal precipitation in interior areas like the Sierra Nevada and southeastern California deserts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

There was below-normal precipitation in interior areas like the Sierra Nevada and southeastern state deserts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Southwest from the Southeast; and the deserts and high mountains fencing off U.S.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Destroyed buildings east of Deir al Balah, where farmland and residential areas appear largely deserted following the advance of the Yellow Line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

To test the concept, Srinivasan headed to a nearly deserted artificial island about 100 miles from the equator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The tourist port in the Romanian town of Corabia, on the banks of the Danube river, is deserted except for a few pleasure boats stranded in the algae.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Returning to her home briefly on Sunday to get medicine, she said the streets were deserted and her house had been covered in ash.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

He made his way back to his farm along deserted roads.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

But a major reason for voters deserting the party in past elections was inflation, an unwelcome phenomenon for households after several decades of stable or falling prices.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

In a mountainous village of post-war Italy, a taciturn Sicilian soldier hides out after deserting the army.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024

But the Syrian army collapsed with surprising ease, with many troops deserting the battlefield, in the face of the HTS rebels’ onslaught.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2024

But that’s the way it’s been as my third and final child draws ever nearer to deserting the nest, as the role of “mother” becomes less CEO and more consultant emeritus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

A few of them are eating, which makes me feel better about deserting the lunchroom.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy