In the Atacama Desert, astronomers live and work in a James Bond villain lair ^13.3%

BBC Future - By Richard Fisher - 6/11/2026, 8:59 AM

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It's easy to miss the building known as Residencia in Chile. Designed to blend into the Atacama Desert, the entrance is behind a heavy, unlabelled door at the base of a shallow ramp. Mostly, all you can see is bare, rocky plains and mountains. Above, an occasional bird of prey drifts across the dry air. But step inside the Residencia,... more