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 ...

Sci-fi movie planets for 'Avatar' fans to visit if 'Fire and Ash's return to Pandora has them longing for more vibrant worlds ...

Decades after humanity's first contact with Pandora, a new expedition returns to harvest what's left of the planet's resources-only to discover that the alien species is preparing to strike back ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...