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IS YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO WAKING UP?

A Magnitude 4.5 earthquake has just hit Yellowstone National Park and now, NASA is flying the world’s largest airborne observatory over this super-volcano. What’s going on?

Continuous flybys of S.O.F.I.A. are taking place over Yellowstone supervolcano. The abbreviation, SOFIA, is for StratosphericObservatory for Infrared-Astronomy. It is the largest and most sensitive airborne observatory in the world.

NASA only launches SOFIA if it’s really important. As one spokesperson said:” This Bird of Prey doesn’t go ‘hunting’ unless there is something to hunt. They are watching something, you can bet on it!” Read on…

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