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Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy

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A Space Telescope That Can See Gravitational Waves From the Beginning of the Milky Way Galaxy

A balloon based sub millimeter telescope is being launched to search for gravitational waves from the beginning of the uni. It's a supercomplicated mission with flight duration times on the order of 17 day s. So far it's mapped about ten % of the sky, and they're essentially looking for things that might be seen in the cosmi micro background. The research could help us understand how our milky way galaxy is interfering with our ability to see things beyond our galaxy.

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