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 ...

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 ...