Goodbye SOFIA, Thanks for All the Discoveries
SOFIA or The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is coming to an end, but let s look back on some of the amazing discoveries of this flying telescope. Hosted by: Hank Green (He/Him) ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, David Brooks, and AndyGneiss! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- https://www.space.com/38257-extreme-astrophysics-remote-telescopes-kavli-roundtable.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-partner-decide-to-conclude-sofia-mission https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/overview/index.html https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/infrared-astronomy/ http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/quick-facts/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/top-ten-discoveries-from-sofia https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon https://www.seti.org/press-release/30-teachers-selected-airborne-astronomy-ambassadors-bring-nasa-science-classrooms https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-14-022.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00685-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01222-x IMAGES https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-galactic-center https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-cygnus https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-iris-nebula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SFPwMIJFBA&ab_channel=NASAGoddard https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12673 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_C-141A_KAO.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia12504-nasas-infrared-telescope-facility-atop-mauna-kea-hawaii https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-observations-comet-pan-starrs https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/sofia-air-air-aerodynamic-tufts https://www.sofia.usra.edu/multimedia/image-galleries/nasa-sofia-air-air https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_pole_telescope_during_polar_night.jpg