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23 Oct 2020

Coming soon! NASA to reveal exciting new discovery about Moon

In a major development, NASA has said that it will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon on October 26 (Monday). The announcement will be made from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference. The audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

09 Jan 2019

Stellar wind disrupting star formation in Orion Nebula: NASA

The Orion Nebula is among the best observed and most photographed objects in the night sky. It is the closest stellar nursery to Earth, and helps scientists explore how stars form.

02 Jan 2018

Studying comets and Saturn's moon Titan on NASA's agenda for 2018

This will be the fourth year of full operations for Sofia, short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, with observations planned between February 2018 and January 2019.

14 Jun 2017

NASA's SOFIA detects cool dust around active black holes!

SOFIA flies above 99 percent of the Earth's water vapour, enabling the research group to characterise the properties of the torus-shaped dust structures at far-infrared wavelengths.

Nearby planetary system

03 May 2017

NASA's flying obervatory 'SOFIA' reveals nearby planetary system is remarkably similar to our own

NASA's SOFIA, the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory, recently completed a detailed study of this nearby planetary system.

06 Oct 2016

NASA's SOFIA discovers the birth of young suns from collapsing clouds! - See pic

When a gas cloud collapses on itself, the cloud’s own gravity causes it to contract and the contraction produces heat friction.

07 May 2016

Atomic oxygen detected in Martian atmosphere

Atomic oxygen -- an elemental form of oxygen that does not exist in Earth's atmosphere -- affects how other gases escape Mars and therefore has a significant impact on the planet's atmosphere.

22 Feb 2016

NASA's 'flying' telescope begins studying asteroids, stars

SOFIA’s instruments observe infrared energy - one part of the electromagnetic spectrum which includes visible light, x-rays, radio waves and others.

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