Airborne Observatory Tests New Science Instrument

The only airborne observatory in the world has just finished testing its new science instrument, a device that will enable it to conduct studies in terahertz wavelengths. Details of the investigations it conducted are published in a special, May 10 issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysic... [ read more >> ]

Spectral line readings of a stellar nursery, collected by the GREAT instrument aboard SOFIA

Image comment: Spectral line readings of a stellar nursery, collected by the GREAT instrument aboard SOFIA
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Spectral line readings of a stellar nursery, collected by the GREAT instrument aboard SOFIA