NASA’s airborne infrared telescope, SOFIA, has been granted a stay of execution following a review that had threatened to cancel it entirely. But NASA is still not committed to finishing the ...

A NASA Boeing 747 carrying a huge German-made infrared telescope is on the verge of scanning the skies for the first time after years of development.

Back in March, we reported the dismantling of NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) at the NASA Ames Research Center, marking the end of an era for this pioneering infrared telescope platform ...

A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone December 18 when doors covering the plane’s telescope were fully ...

Monday's total solar eclipse may be over, but the excitement continues for a retired scientist who captured the rare event with a balloon-borne telescope.

Airborne and partners designed, manufactured and assembled two 6-meter-diameter mirror support structures for highly complex telescope project.

The airborne infrared telescope was pointed towards “V1047 Cen”, a white dwarf and its Sun-like companion that erupted as a classical nova back in 2005 (Nova Centauri 2005). In April 2019, this ...

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which carried a 2.5-meter telescope aboard a modified Boeing 747SP airplane, has made its final flight.

A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Dec. 18 when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened in ...

Join Inverse for the ride of a lifetime on NASA’s now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory.

The airborne infrared telescope was pointed towards “V1047 Cen”, a white dwarf and its Sun-like companion that erupted as a classical nova back in 2005 (Nova Centauri 2005). In April 2019, this ...