A massive beach ball, a sky full of helium balloons, and one wild experiment. We asked the question no one dared: can we really make it fly? The answer is anything but ordinary.

If successful, CatSat's beach ball antenna will then beam down near real-time images of Earth. CatSat does not yet have a target launch date, though it's expected to get one later this year ...

Tal Tenne Czaczkes’ beach ball sculpture raises awareness about plastic litter on Gordon Beach. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality Czaczkes noted that beach balls often evoke fun childhood ...

Incredibly, that beach ball, nothing more than a thin bit of vinyl, survived our Louisiana winter, too. I remember glimpsing it after a hard freeze, the ball tucked beneath a stand of bamboo and ...

So it’s being painted like a beach ball.” The soon-to-be vibrant water tower is part of an effort by Lake Worth Beach, formerly known by the less catchy name of Lake Worth, to up its image.

At 66, Roman creates each beach ball by hand from scratch. She buys the cement, pours it, primes it, and then paints. It takes about two weeks before a beach ball is ready.