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NASA's Pandora Mission Aims to Uncover Exoplanet Water

1/17/2025

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NASA's Ben Hord passionately highlighted water's crucial role in making planets habitable during the American Astronomical Society meeting in Maryland. He acknowledged the difficulties in detecting water in exoplanet atmospheres caused by fluctuating light from their stars, but expressed optimism about the Pandora mission's potential to unveil these elusive signals.

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NASA's Ben Hord passionately highlighted water's crucial role in making planets habitable during the American Astronomical Society meeting in Maryland. He acknowledged the difficulties in detecting water in exoplanet atmospheres caused by fluctuating light from their stars, but expressed optimism about the Pandora mission's potential to unveil these elusive signals.