Sofia Shows Why Altitude Matters
Credit: NASA/Spitzer
New high-resolution images of a massive star formation taken aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) aircraft demonstrate the power of flying a 100-in. IR telescope high above Earth to escape the dust- and pollution- laden troposphere. The images are of the W40 star...
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