Pandora, NASA's newest exoplanet mission ... Astronomers can sample an exoplanet's atmosphere when it passes in front of its star as seen from Earth's perspective, during an event known as ...

The Pandora is a small satellite that is designed ... telescope's ability to separate star signals from the respective planet's atmosphere. The result is much more precise measurements of each ...

Pandora will lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon ... Related: Bizarre alien planet has layered atmosphere of vaporized metals "The satellite will use an innovative 17-inch (45-centimeter)-wide all ...

Pandora will observe at least 20 different exoplanets ... observing these worlds because transits can also reveal information about the planet’s atmosphere," a NASA mission website said. Next on the ...

An artist’s concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard ...