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Researchers discovered what is thought to be the first kind of molecule to form after the Big Bang. While theory...
SCI2012_0003: SOFIA mid-infrared image of the planetary nebula Minkowski 2-9 (M2-9), also known as the Butterfly...
SCI2016_0001: SOFIA/GREAT [O I] spectrum at 4.7 THz (63 μm) superimposed on a picture of Mars. Absorption line depth...
Provided as a media resource, this reel includes the following without narration: * SOFIA aircraft operations,...
SOFIA at nighttime in New Zealand.
SOFIA at nighttime in New Zealand.
SOFIA at nighttime in New Zealand.
In this composite image of the Omega Nebula, SOFIA detected the blue areas (20 microns) near the center, revealing...
James De Buizer, Senior Scientist at SOFIA Science Center, conducting observations onboard SOFIA facing the...
Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered...
Scientists on the airborne observatory SOFIA detected the first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe....
Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered...
Air to air view of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy or SOFIA aircraft fly-by on a visit to Ames...
Researchers using NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA have captured infrared images of the...
Astronomers smile while looking at data from SOFIA’s telescope.
SCI2016_0006: Map of Cepheus E emphasizing the jets of material flowing to the upper left and lower right from the...
SOFIA's primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing...
Technicians installing the tertiary mirror onto the SOFIA telescope.
NASA's ER-2 and SOFIA at Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California.
SOFIA’s telescope mirror is seen as it appears during a science mission.
Technicians introduce liquid nitrogen to an instrument linked to SOFIA’s telescope. Detection of infrared...
Scientists onboard SOFIA watch data come in from Pluto’s atmosphere as SOFIA flies into the shadow the dwarf planet...
SOFIA lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at sunset.
SOFIA Returns to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 Caption: SOFIA returns to NASA's Armstrong...