Sofia, the Airplane-Borne Telescope, Lands for the Last Time
by Ramin Skibba from on (#647YF)
Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can't.Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can't.