You lit the light bulb in a manner similar to how clouds create lightning! Nature likes for conditions to be balanced; it likes positive (protons) and negative (electrons) charges to be able to mix ...

On a clear day in early fall, around sunrise, you might notice hot air balloons flying across the sky, but why do they navigate the skies so early in the day and how does weather play a role in their ...

Early spring snow clung to the tree branches surrounding the Howe Hall parking lot as a dozen Iowa State University students began filling a high-altitude balloon with hydrogen just after dawn on ...

What is the nature of dark matter? A new experiment led by Columbia University physics professors aims to find out.

A suite of scientific balloons is about to lift off from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility’s field site in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carrying instruments that will help scientists understand ...