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Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy

May 10, 2021
26:56
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
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Weather Balloons - Why Do They Pop?
03:39 • 3min
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Using Balloons for Astronomy
06:13 • 2min
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Exploding the Cosmos With the Boomerang Mission
08:43 • 2min
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Boomering - It's a Space Telescope
10:14 • 2min
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The Science of Heliospheric Astronomy
11:59 • 2min
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A Space Telescope That Can See Gravitational Waves From the Beginning of the Milky Way Galaxy
13:57 • 3min
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A Space Telescope and a Balloon?
16:41 • 2min
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The Sub Millimeter Telescope - The One That Dangled From a Crane
18:34 • 2min
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X Rays Are Superhard to Observe, People Superhard.
21:00 • 2min
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The Science of Astronomy
22:44 • 4min
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So when you think about the world's observatories, I'm sure you're imagining huge telescopes perched atop mountain peaks or space telescopes like Hubble. But you might be surprised to learn that some telescopes are carried high into the atmosphere on board balloons. What can they accomplish?
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