SOFIA (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

SOFIA

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A team led by UMD astronomers created the first clear image of an expanding bubble of stellar gas where stars are born using data from NASA's SOFIA telescope on board a heavily modified 747 jet as seen here in this artist's rendering.

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Artist Rendering by Marc Pound/UMD

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