Football-field-sized balloon takes flight over Antarctica in quest for dark matter answers

A scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on December 15, with significant ...
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Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really 'crash' in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...
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United flight’s ‘space debris’ scare turns out to be weather balloon, probe finds

A United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City last week after an object hit its windshield at 36,000 feet. The impact cracked the glass ...
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A Weather Balloon May Have Cracked a United Plane’s Windshield

A United Airlines flight was diverted last week after its windshield was cracked by an object. Now a weather balloon company says it’s “quite likely” their balloon did it. By Aimee Ortiz A weather ...