Our next story takes us to the ice of Antarctica, where NASA scientists are launching gigantic balloons that will rise up way into the stratosphere, to near space. Some of these balloons are so big ...

A balloon soars through Colorado skies during Thursday's drama. Anyone familiar with the physics of lighter-than-air lift would probably have suspected that 6-year-old Falcon Heene was not inside the ...

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 ...

EXPLANATION: All of this experiment is possible because of air pressure. When you blow up a balloon, the air goes from your lungs and hits the walls of the balloon – this creates air pressure that ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A force other than your lungs will blow up your balloons this fall. The power of carbon dioxide gas will have everyone intrigued. Crush 2 to 4 Alka-Seltzer tablets and put them ...