
Jim De Buizer of USRA, at lower right, studies data with FORCAST鈥檚 principal investigator Terry Herter, left, while other astronomers…

Former Kuiper Airborne Observatory telescope crew member Allan Meyer studies data as DSI astrophysicist Holgar Jakob looks on during the…

Terry Herter, Cornell University鈥檚 principal investigator for the Faint Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST), mounted on SOFIA鈥檚…

This infrared image of the heart of the Orion star-formation complex was taken from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

This infrared image of the heart of the Orion star-formation complex was taken from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

This view of grains from a sand dune near Christmas Lake, Ore., was taken by a test version of the…

This image shows a high-resolution heat intensity map of part of the south polar region of Saturn鈥檚 moon Enceladus, made…

Data from NASA鈥檚 Cassini spacecraft have enabled scientists to make the highest-resolution heat intensity maps yet for the hottest part…

Jets of water ice particles spew from Saturn鈥檚 moon Enceladus in this image obtained by NASA鈥檚 Cassini spacecraft on Aug.…