Tiny Pandora Satellite Starts Studying Alien Worlds begins with a clear news idea: Our next story is about a small space mission with a big question: what are planets around other stars like? NASA said its Pandora mission has begun observing exoplanets. Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system. They do not orbit our Sun. Instead, they orbit other stars, which can be many, many light-years away. Pandora is a small satellite, but it has an important job. It watches exoplanets and the stars they travel around. Scientists want to learn more about what exoplanet atmospheres
Important details from the episode include: Our next story is about a small space mission with a big question: what are planets around other stars like? NASA said its Pandora mission has begun observing exoplanets. Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system.
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Important details from the episode include: Our next story is about a small space mission with a big question: what are planets around other stars like? NASA said its Pandora mission has begun observing exoplanets. Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system.
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