HomeAstronomyThis 'tarantula' in space could teach us the secrets of dark matter

This ‘tarantula’ in space could teach us the secrets of dark matter

A balloon-based telescope may help astronomers unravel the mysteries of dark matter after its first images of the cosmos from the edge of space. 

The Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was carried to an altitude high over Earth’s atmosphere on April 16 by a NASA helium balloon the size of a football field. It was the first operational flight by the stratospheric observer.

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