Pandora, NASA's newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power and other systems that will allow the mission to ...

The search for habitable worlds beyond the solar system now faces a more technical obstacle than distance: uncertainty in the data itself. As space telescopes grow more precise, so too does the ...

The newest Avatar concept art displays the vast, sweeping landscapes of the alien planet Pandora. Get a nice long look, before we humans come in and turn it all into a strip mall. This latest piece of ...

Pandora, a small satellite mission poised to provide in-depth study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars to determine the composition of their atmospheres cleared an important milestone ...

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. Pandora, NASA's newest exoplanet ...

Pandora’s spacecraft bus was photographed Jan. 10 within a thermal-vacuum testing chamber at Blue Canyon Technologies in Lafayette, Colorado. The bus provides the structure, power, and other systems ...