Sofia Telescope

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  NASA Shares Breathtaking Images Of Celestial Objects Captured By Its Flying Telescope

  As NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft embarked on its final flight on Thursday, the US space agency shared a small breathtaking collection of some of the cosmic imagery assembled using SOFIA data.

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  NASA's Sofia Telescope Discovers More Water on Lunar Surface at Moretus Crater Region

  NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) telescope has discovered more water on the Moon's surface. The fresh findings of water have been made in the Southern Hemisphere of the Moon. The team have discovered water in the Moretus Crater region, which is close to the Moon's Clavius Crater, where the original findings were made.

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  Nasa's Sofia Flying Telescope Begins Study of Asteroids, Stars

  Cycle 4 is a one-year-long observing period in which the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is scheduled for 106 flights.

• NASA's Flying Observatory is a Jet with a 17-Tonne Telescope

  NASA has fitted a heavily modified Boeing jet with a 17-tonne telescope and will use it as a flying observatory to study how stars are formed.