Stargazers in Chile’s Atacama Desert search for alien life and ‘dark energy’

In Chile’s dry Atacama Desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called “dark energy,” a mysterious cosmic force thought to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.In Chile’s dry Atacama Desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called “dark energy,” a mysterious cosmic force thought to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.