The technology used by NASA's PUEO could also be used to detect traces of cosmic rays on the Moon.

There’s no starship to take scientists to the mind-boggling edges of the universe to watch and study cosmic childbirth firsthand. But a balloon-borne telescope should help cosmologists squint into the ...

More than 60 scientists from a dozen institutions have converged on the urban area of Sacramento, California to study how tiny particles called aerosols affect the climate. Sending airplanes and ...

India’s scientific balloon facility has scored several firsts, with scientists developing a hybrid weather balloon that can carry a record 10 instruments into the coldest region of the atmosphere to ...

Twice a day, every day, a white, 5-foot-diameter helium balloon will soar from a University of Arizona campus rooftop, dangling a miniaturized weather station that could improve weather forecasts and ...

WASHINGTON -- A balloon taller than a 30-story building and wider than 100 yards will be built by NASA to carry astronomy instruments to near the edge of space. The balloon will carry more weight ...

The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) here would launch 10 balloon flights this month under the auspices of the Department of Atomic Energy and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ...

India’s near-space ambitions take a step forward as Red Balloon Aerospace completes a super-pressure balloon trial in ...

DURHAM Six "smart" balloons, each carrying a state-of-the-art, miniature ozone sensor designed and built by scientists at the University of New Hampshire, recently completed a series of flights ...