MESMERISING IMAGES UNVEILED BY NASA’S SOFIA TELESCOPE
Published By MintGenie Team | 23 Apr, 2024
End of an Era
NASA's SOFIA Telescope, housed in a modified Boeing 747 aircraft, completed its last flight on September 29, 2022.
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Infrared Insights from the Stratosphere
Operating since 2010, SOFIA conducted 921 flights, utilising infrared light to explore celestial phenomena from Earth's stratosphere.
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Legacy of Discovery Continues
While SOFIA's flying days are over, astronomers continue to analyse years of data collected, anticipating further scientific revelations and breakthroughs.
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Here are some images captured during the SOFIA mission:
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Centaurus A
Features orange and dark red dust lanes, with a central column and a faint blue shell at its periphery. Twisted magnetic fields distort its centre column.
Credit : NASA
Orion Nebula
Reveals intricate details of the nebula, including a "bubble" created by a powerful stellar wind clearing gas and dust.
Credit : NASA
Cigar Galaxy
Displays red outflows caused by a nuclear starburst, with a grey starlight ring around the centre, highlighted by red hydrogen and yellow dust.
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Omega Nebula
Exhibits a horseshoe-shaped nebula with red cold dust outlining its outer shell, interspersed with white-hot stars and other cosmic material in blue and orange hues near the centre.