"Planetary Photobomb: Flying Telescope Captures Unexpected Celestial Guests"

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a telescope housed in a modified Boeing 747, captured a photo on the tarmac in New Zealand featuring the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in the background. The airborne observatory, which operated from 2010 to 2022, provided unique observations of celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, and comets from a vantage point above much of the Earth's atmosphere.