A new type of mission by scientist in space

Space is a constant reminder of how little we truly know about our universe.

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A new international project is hoping to help make a little more sense of things.

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Next year, researchers from 13 countries will launch a balloon to, hopefully, find high-energy particles that couldn’t have come from Earth.

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The project involves hundreds of researchers from over 77 institutions.

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Earlier this month, NASA awarded $4.3 million for the final phase of construction and flight of the experiment.

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Per UChicago News, EUSO-SPB2 is being assembled at the Colorado School of Mines.

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Both particles that researchers want to study are believed to come from outside of the Milky Way.

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