気球で天体観測

ペンシルベニア大学が中心となっている国際チームが，気球に高解像度望遠鏡をぶらさげて，天体観測を行うとのこと．
この望遠鏡，"Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope"，略してBLASTというらしい．BLASTって...爆風じゃん．

Science Dailyの記事: The View Is Better From Up There: Penn-Led Team To Look To Distant Galaxies With Balloon-Borne Telescope.

ペン大の広報記事: Penn: Office of University Communications: The View Is Better from Up There: Penn-Led Team to Look to Distant Galaxies with Balloon-Borne Telescope.