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SOFIA Telescope’s findings
March 20 , 2023
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- Scientists used Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) to formulate a detailed map displaying the distribution of water on the moon.
- The telescope also detected heavy atomic oxygen in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere, the mesosphere, and the lower thermosphere.
- This is the first-time heavy oxygen has been found outside a laboratory.
- The oxygen 18 is stable isotope of oxygen.
- It has eight protons and 10 neutrons.
- Oxygenn-18 is used to determine the temperature at which ice forms at temperatures in Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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