NASA's Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them

On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, ...
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NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them

Daniel Apai is a professor of astronomy, planetary sciences and optical science at the University of Arizona. He receives funding from NASA. Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very ...