Has JWST spotted a planet around our nearest Sun-like star?!
From Dr. Becky
AD | Go to https://ground.news/drbecky to stay fully informed with the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off the Vantage plan through my link for unlimited access | Our best chance of finding intelligent life out there in the Universe that we could even hope to have any communications with is if there’s a planet orbiting around the nearest star to Earth just over 4 light years away. 4 years for a message to travel there, and 4 more years for any message to travel back. That is the alpha...
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- Alpha Centauri (location)
- Proxima Centauri (location)
- Ground News (company)
- James Webb Space Telescope (company)
- Sangi (person)
- Bikman (person)
- Very Large Telescope (company)
- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (company)
- Extremely Large Telescope (company)
- Habitable Worlds Observatory (company)