Goodbye SOFIA, Thanks for All the Discoveries
Description
SOFIA or The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is coming to an end, but let's look back on some of the amazing discoveries of this flying telescope.
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https://www.space.com/38257-extreme-astrophysics-remote-telescopes-kavli-roundtable.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-partner-decide-to-conclude-sofia-mission
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/overview/index.html
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/infrared-astronomy/
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/quick-facts/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/top-ten-discoveries-from-sofia
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon
https://www.seti.org/press-release/30-teachers-selected-airborne-astronomy-ambassadors-bring-nasa-science-classrooms
https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-14-022.pdf
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00685-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01222-x
IMAGES
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-galactic-center
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-cygnus
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-iris-nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SFPwMIJFBA&ab_channel=NASAGoddard
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12673
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_C-141A_KAO.jpg
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia12504-nasas-infrared-telescope-facility-atop-mauna-kea-hawaii
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-comet-pan-starrs
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-air-air-aerodynamic-tufts
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/nasa-sofia-air-air
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_pole_telescope_during_polar_night.jpg