Sofia Telescope Views Orion

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) returned early Dec. 1 from a 10-hr. science shakedown flight with its first bounty — images of the heart of the Orion star cluster taken at infrared (IR) wavelengths that are not possible by any ground or space telescope. The mission...

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