StratoCat is an independent source of historical data and current news on the development of stratospheric balloons for scientific research, aerospace and military applications, and commercial exploitation of near space. Online since 2005. Based on Buenos Aires, Argentina
The website publishes a newsletter called "World Balloon News".
This is how technology changes our view of reality.
The enormous LSST camera (the eye of the Rubin Observatory) will will soon start scanning the entire visible universe every 3-4 days. It will create the grandest movies ever made, watching for anything moving, flickering , appearing, or vanishing in deep space.
A look underneath seafloor hydrothermal vents on 🌎has revealed cave systems teeming w/ worms, snails & chemosynthetic bacteria living in 75F-degree water.
Methinks this may have significance for the origin of life on Earth & maybe Enceladus!
We have made a 5min film about #ESAEuclid 🛰️ #FirstLight 💡, what these images are, what #Euclid's #science will be, and what the next steps are towards science-ready images.
Sun 'umbrella' tethered to asteroid might help mitigate climate change: An astronomer has proposed a novel approach -- a solar shield to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth, combined with a tethered, captured asteroid as a counterweight. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230731151552.htm