News Telltale signs of a planetary collision in binary star system 24 October 2019 Astronomy Now Relatively warm clouds of dust swirling around a binary star system may be the result of a cataclysmic collision between two rocky exoplanets.
News SOFIA detects long-sought primeval molecule 18 April 2019 Astronomy Now Using the SOFIA airborne observatory, scientists have finally detected helium hydride, the first molecule formed in the wake of the Big Bang.
News SOFIA in the right place at the right time for Pluto observations 4 July 2015 Astronomy Now Currently operating out of Christchurch, New Zealand, the NASA/DLR SOFIA airborne 2.5-metre infrared telescope had to make last-minute flight path corrections to successfully secure observations of Pluto’s atmosphere as it occulted a distant star.
