SuperBIT waiting for launch while its giant helium balloon is inflated. Bill Rodman/NASA An astronomical telescope designed to complement the ageing Hubble Space Telescope lifted off from New ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Have you ever had a helium balloon in your car and notice that its movements are much different than you would expect? If you never noticed, it is certainly something to see. It ...

For today’s episode of For Science! we show you an easy way to get those pesky helium balloon down from the rafters after a celebration. This experiment is very simple and straight-forward but will ...

NASA and the National Science Foundation have achieved a new milestone in conducting scientific observations from balloons, by launching and operating three long-duration flights within a single ...

Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries. Our next story takes us ...

A suite of scientific balloons is about to lift off from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility’s field site in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carrying instruments that will help scientists understand ...

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 ...

Our next story takes us to the ice of Antarctica, where NASA scientists are launching gigantic balloons that will rise up way into the stratosphere, to near space. Some of these balloons are so big ...