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Football-field-sized balloon 24 miles above Antarctica to search for rare cosmic antimatter that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter


A groundbreaking scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on Dec. 15, with significant contributions from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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