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Illustration of the molecular clouds surrounded by atomic envelopes, in green, which have been detected by SOFIA via emission from...
Illustration of a star cluster forming from the collision of turbulent molecular clouds surrounded by green atomic envelopes.
This artist’s conception of the core of Cygnus A shows the dusty donut-shaped surroundings, called a torus, and jets launching...
Artist’s conception of the core of Cygnus A
SOFIA flying over snow covered mountains with it's telescope door open next to image of crew working inside the cabin.
SOFIA’s telescope, as seen during construction before its reflective aluminium coating was applied, reveals the honeycomb design
SOFIA released new data revealing the structure of celestial magnetic fields in the region known as 30 Doradus, 30 Dor,...
Images taken at multiple wavelengths showing the dust and the magnetic fields in 30 Dor.
Image of 3D printed model of SOFIA.
Now you can print your own 3-D model of SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
A SOFIA 3D printed model in front of a a photo of the aircraft.
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) prepares to depart for a science mission during the observatory’s annual deployment to...
SOFIA prepares to depart for a science mission during the observatory’s annual deployment to Christchurch, New Zealand.
Two images of Cygnus A layered over each other to show the galaxy’s jets glowing with radio radiation (shown in...
Two images of Cygnus A layered over each other to show the galaxy’s jets glowing in red and background stars in yellow.
Sir Roger Penrose, Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College and...
Sir Roger Penrose: New Cosmological View of Dark Matter, which Strangely and Slowly Decay
Sir Roger Penrose, Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College and...
Sir Roger Penrose: New Cosmological View of Dark Matter, which Strangely and Slowly Decays
Sir Roger Penrose, Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College and...
Sir Roger Penrose: New Cosmological View of Dark Matter, which Strangely and Slowly Decays
Sir Roger Penrose, Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College and...
Sir Roger Penrose: New Cosmological View of Dark Matter, which Strangely and Slowly Decays
Sir Roger Penrose, Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College and...
Sir Roger Penrose: New Cosmological View of Dark Matter, which Strangely and Slowly Decays
The above image shows SOFIA data tracing gas in the Omega nebula, or M17, layered over an image of the...
Image of the Omega nebula with SOFIA data tracing gas within it. The blue and green are ionized gas and the red is atomic gas.
SOFIA takes off from Hamburg, Germany, following a heavy maintenance visit at Lufthansa Technik.
SOFIA taking off from Hamburg, Germany.
NASA released a solicitation for proposals for next generation science instrument(s) that will harness the unique capabilities of SOFIA, the...
Animation illustrating SOFIA's telescope assembly with a science instrument installed.
SOFIA in the hangar at Lufthansa Tecknik.
the heart of the Orion nebula captured by SOFIA and Spitzer showing the Becklin-Neugebauer Object.
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SOFIA stationed next to the United States Antarctic Center at Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand.
SCI2017_0007: Artist illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near the supermassive...
Artist illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur nearblack holes.
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, sits on the ramp at Daytona Beach International Airport.
SOFIA inside the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany
Patch: SOFIA First Trans-Atlantic Flight
NASA’s airborne observatory, SOFIA, was in the right place at the right time to study the environment around a distant...
Illustration of SOFIA flying into the shadow that MU69 cast on Earth as it passed in front of a distant star.
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, issued its Cycle 6 Call for Proposals, on May 1, 2017, soliciting observing...
Warm dust (white) surviving inside a supernova remnant.
SOFIA New Zealand Deployment Flight 116.
Flight crew works during SOFIA flight.
Before the SOFIA flew its first mission, the X-Press detailed the program and the road to getting it off the ground.
This is the first polarization image from SOFIA’s (the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) new infrared camera and polarimeter, known...
This image shows how dust grains are aligned in the W3 star-forming region, a giant molecular cloud.
SOFIA’s newest instrument HAWC+ is an astronomical camera that makes images using far-infrared light, allowing studies of early stages of...
SOFIA’s newest instrument HAWC+ is an astronomical camera that makes images using far-infrared light
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) arrives at Christchurch International Airport on June 6, 2016.
NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman flies aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman flies aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared for Astronomy (SOFIA; right) and the Pratt and Whitney Canada 747SP testbed sit nose-to-nose at...
SOFIA) and the Pratt and Whitney Canada 747SP testbed sit nose-to-nose at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Building 703 i
SOFIA arrives at Christchurch International Airport on June 6, 2016
Pratt and Whitney Canada’s 747SP testbed departs NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
Pratt and Whitney Canada’s 747SP testbed departs NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California.
SOFIA water vapor diagram
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100-inch diameter telescope.
The infrared camera called the High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-Plus (HAWC+) was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA....
large optical unit in the foreground, SOFIA airplane in the background