Wednesday, 8 March 2023

How high-altitude balloons help unlock the cosmos

How high-altitude balloons help unlock the cosmos

The recent episodes of jet fighters shooting down spy balloons has everyone talking about how they can be used for surveillance. But if anyone had bothered to ask an astronomer, they would know we’ve been attaching telescopes to balloons for decades — and the technique even represents the latest cutting edge in NASA research.

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