Sofia, the Historic Airplane-Borne Telescope, Lands for the Last Time

Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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