Early results of the GREAT instrument onboard the SOFIA airborne observatory
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 10:02
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature devoted to the early results obtained during the first science flights of the airborne observatory SOFIA with the GREAT far-infrared instrument. We present 22 articles reporting on the technologies and the early astronomical results (including the first ever detection of new interstellar molecules).