[Becky Stern] likes to harness the power of the Sun. Most of us will immediately think of solar cells and other exotic solar energy techniques. But [Becky] shows how to make a hot air balloon ...

While some of the balloons will livestream 360-degree video and photos, others will collect data on what happens to Earth's atmosphere during a total solar eclipse. NASA's Nationwide Eclipse ...

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[Becky Stern] likes to harness the power of the Sun. Most of us will immediately think of solar cells and other exotic solar energy techniques. But [Becky] shows how to make a hot air balloon ...

Sometimes, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a ...

An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of ...

The solar cells are also placed beneath the balloon to protect them from dust, snow, and hail. This innovation stems from a concept initially proposed by Professor Jinyue Yan of Hong Kong ...

The Challenge, which was open to 6th to 12th graders in schools across the nation, asked teams to design experiments that ...

(Google's Project Loon balloons are also solar-heated, but filled with helium.) Built by Cameron Balloons in the UK, the Bristol 2015 Solar Balloon sounds simple enough. The air inside the balloon ...