Questions for “Light levitation might help explore Earth’s ‘ignorosphere’”
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Far above Earth’s clouds, the mesosphere wraps around the planet. There, the air is too thin for airplanes and balloons but too thick for satellites. Now, researchers have discovered a potential way to fly lightweight aircraft in this largely unexplored region – by levitating them with light.
NASA