High above Antarctica, two giant NASA balloons are being readied to drift along the edge of space, turning the polar sky into a laboratory for some of the hardest questions in physics. Instead of ...

We modeled the capacity of water to hold heat more easily than air. With the first balloon, the flame was applied to the rubber skin separating air outside the balloon from air inside the balloon. The ...

The first possible launch date is today Monday 22 May, in the afternoon. BEXUS (Balloon EXperiment for University Students) is a yearly recurring experimental stratospheric balloon flight involving ...

Discovery Lab at the Gathering Place is making learning fun for kids through hands-on experiments. Each month, it features a new theme along with a daily activity to explore science. In one experiment ...

The Science Siblings popped by with an experiment fit for Liftiversary week involving balloons, candles, and oranges. Paige and Adam Jacobson suggest safety glasses too. “We will be working with ...