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University of Hawaii Manoa: Football-field-sized Balloon Takes Flight Over Antarctica in Quest for Dark Matter Answers
December 19, 2025
MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 19 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:

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Football-field-sized balloon takes flight over Antarctica in quest for dark matter answers

A groundbreaking scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on December 15, with significant contributions from University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The General AntiParticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment is suspen . . .

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