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L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.
New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the galactic center of ...
American space agency NASA announced it ended stripping the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), parts heading to museums.
A team of three astronomers was using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory to observe the atmosphere of Uranus. They did this during a stellar occultation, which means that a background star was ...
Scientists detected water molecules on the surface of two asteroids for the first time ever. The team made the discovery using data from NASA's now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory.
DENVER — Scientists are now using airborne laser systems to measure Colorado snowpack. The Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) uses a lidar-based instrument to shoot lasers down to the snow ...
The Global Airborne Observatory flies at a speed of 20 acres per second. It has scanned and mapped hundreds of millions of acres of ocean and land around the world.
NASA's SOFIA ( Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has captured gorgeous snapshots of the infrared universe for around eight years now. But alas, it will finally rest its wings.
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has helped astronomers discover what is believed to be a new kind of exploding star, something distinctly different to regular nova and ...
As announced earlier in 2022, with the end of this fiscal year, NASA retired, on September 30, 2022, its Boeing 747SP Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which carried a 2.5-meter telescope aboard a modified Boeing 747SP airplane, has made its final flight.