Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa State University students inflate a high-altitude balloon and prepare for launch in the Howe Hall parking lot on March 23.

The University of Delaware research team used a sheet to protect their balloon from the strong winds while they filled it with helium. Credit: Beatrix Nowak. (Beatrix Nowak) From Philly and the Pa.

VAN BUREN, Mo. — A surprise visitor will welcome those going to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) for the solar eclipse. The Smokey Bear Balloon will be making its way to Big Spring near Van ...

Got your eclipse glasses? The certified safe kind? You know sunglasses are not enough to protect your eyes from the sun’s intense radiation, right? Got your game plan ready? Where you’ll be on Monday, ...

âÄúWe are preparing our minds to leave the planet, and at the same time take more care of the planet,âÄù artist Tomas Saraceno said as he discussed the Museo aero solar, a giant solar balloon ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The “Great North American Solar Eclipse” is fast approaching and University of North Florida science students are preparing to do some very important experiments with a ...

A local research team from Drexel University and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy will send a weather balloon around 100,000 feet into the air near Old Forge, New York, during the total solar eclipse ...

Early spring snow clung to the tree branches surrounding the Howe Hall parking lot as a dozen Iowa State University students began filling a high-altitude balloon with hydrogen just after dawn on ...

A local research team from Drexel University and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy will send a weather balloon around 100,000 feet into the air near Old Forge, New York, during the total solar eclipse ...