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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 Airborne Telescope Spots Universe's First Molecule
NASA's airborne observatory has detected the first type of molecule ever formed in the universe.
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Solar System 2.0 Found 10 Light-Years Away
A planetary system located just 10.5 light-years away is remarkably similar to our solar system, scientists have found.
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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.
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NASA's 'Flying' Telescope Begins Studying Asteroids, Stars
NASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of flights to map planets, asteroids, stars, galaxies and more.
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NASA Discovers Link between Supernovae and Planet Formation
Using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an international scientific team has discovered that supernovae are capable of producing a substantial amount of the material from which planets like Earth can be formed.
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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.
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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 Airborne Telescope Spots Universe's First Molecule
NASA's airborne observatory has detected the first type of molecule ever formed in the universe.
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Solar System 2.0 Found 10 Light-Years Away
A planetary system located just 10.5 light-years away is remarkably similar to our solar system, scientists have found.
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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.
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NASA's 'Flying' Telescope Begins Studying Asteroids, Stars
NASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of flights to map planets, asteroids, stars, galaxies and more.
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NASA Discovers Link between Supernovae and Planet Formation
Using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an international scientific team has discovered that supernovae are capable of producing a substantial amount of the material from which planets like Earth can be formed.
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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.
