The stellar wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula is preventing more new…
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SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) is an airborne observatory created by NASA and the German Space Agency. The observatory is within a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft. Its mobility allows observation of the solar system from any position on the earth. Since the observatory is in the stratosphere, the observing telescope sees infrared light, which scientists use to study the energy levels of different objects in the solar system. Read about discoveries made by SOFIA at SciTechDaily.com.
As the brilliant comet 46P/Wirtanen streaked across the sky, NASA telescopes caught it on camera…
The sun, like all stars, was born in a giant cold cloud of molecular gas…
Collimated jets provide astronomers with some of the most powerful evidence that a supermassive black…
Astronomers are observing star-forming regions in our galaxy with NASA’s flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory…
Astronomers from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, Northwestern University, and the University of…
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, is preparing for its 2018 observing campaign, which…
Using observations from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), scientists at the University of…
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers confirm that the nearby…
New SOFIA observations show the true composition of Ceres, revealing that it does not appear…
NASA’s SOFIA flying Observatory set to study planets, comets, and asteroids orbiting other stars and…
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy and other observatories, astronomers reveal how…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy will attempt to view the dwarf planet Pluto as…
A newly published study reveals that supernovae are capable of producing enough material to form…
It’s amazing to think that a NASA telescope mounted in a specially modified Boeing 747SP…