Sofia Studies Pluto’s Atmosphere In Run Up To New Horizons Flyby

Credit: NASA/APL/SWRI
The U.S./German Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) collected occultation data on the atmosphere of Pluto Thursday when the distant body made a rare transit of a distant star that sent its shadow streaking across Earth’s Southern Hemisphere at more than 53,000 mph. The results...

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