Scientists prepare to send a balloon to search for “messengers from outer space”

EUSO-SPB2 experiment, led by UChicago physicist Angela Olinto, planned to launch in 2023

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

 

IMAGE: NASA ASTROPHYSICIST TONIA VENTERS AND JEM-EUSO SPOKESPERSON ETIENNE PARIZOT REVIEW THE PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED FLUORESCENCE TELESCOPE, PART OF A MISSION TO FLY 110,000 FEET ABOVE THE EARTH TO SEARCH FOR INCOMING PARTICLES, AT THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES. view more 

CREDIT: PHOTO BY ANGELA OLINTO

Members of the EUSO SPB2 team (IMAGE)

 

Members of the EUSO SPB2 team in front of the Cherenkov telescope during tests in Utah. From left to right: Lawrence Wiencke, Tobias Heibges, Viktoria Kungel, Eliza Gazda, Mahdi Bagheri, George Filippatos, Oscar Romero Matamala, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Nepomuk Otte.

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Photo by Jihyun Kim