Monday, May 31, 2010

SOFIA Sees Jupiter's Ancient Heat

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, took off for its maiden flight during the early hours of Wednesday morning and the "first light" images of the observations taken during the flight are available.

Already, the flying telescope has spotted something that has never been seen before: ancient heat leaking through the clouds of Jupiter.
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