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NASA’s giant balloons over Antarctica just made a breakthrough in the hunt for dark matter

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has reached new heights, both literally and figuratively, with four successful ...
Big Island Now

NASA balloon searching for tiny particles called neutrinos now soaring over Antarctica

The mission — known as Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations, or PUEO — lifted off Dec. 20, 2025, from NASA’s launch ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Student-led NASA project takes flight on balloon mission

A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP!
SpaceNews

‘HEROES’ to Fly High: NASA Researchers’ Innovative, Balloon-Borne Solar/Space Imager Selected for Agency Training Award

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An innovative, dual solar/space imaging project, jointly developed by enterprising researchers at two NASA field centers, has been selected for the agency’s Hands-On Project ...