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The SOFIA Mission Is Ending, but Its Legacy Will Be Long Felt
This past April, NASA and its partners at the German space agency announced the end to the SOFIA mission. The modified Boeing 747SP jumbo jet is being retired after eight years of service, but its scientific contributions cannot be overstated. In honour of this closing mission, we present to you SOFIA’s greatest hits.
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There’s A Rocky Exoplanet Just 21 Light-Years Away
NASA has proven itself to be quite adept at finding planets lately, and this week is no exception: using the Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Lab have found HD 219134b, a rocky exoplanet ‘just’ 21 light-years away.