Information about mysterious dark matter had a whirlwind journey to recovery after a balloon telescope crash-landed, with the data being saved thanks to a special recovery system.
The Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was launched in April from New Zealand, attached to a huge helium balloon that floated in the upper atmosphere, intended to map the distribution of dark matter in nearby galaxies.
When the telescope lost communications with the researchers and damaged as it fell dramatically to Earth, the scientists feared that the precious information was lost. However, two…
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News Source: https://www.newsweek.com/dark-matter-telescope-data-saved-parachute-1843595