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NASA detects a possibly habitable planet via James Webb Space telescope
Just The News ^
| July 02, 2025
| Misty Severi
Posted on 07/03/2025 6:08:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently detected a planet that could possibly sustain life based on temperature readings, which has a mass approximately 100 times the size of Earth.
The planet, which astronomers believe is orbiting a young red dwarf star approximately 34 light years away, has been dubbed TWA 7b and is roughly the size of Saturn.
An initial analysis suggests the planet has a temperature of near 120 degrees Fahrenheit, which is warm enough to support life. Scientists believe life can grow and reproduce starting at about 5 degrees Fahrenheit and as high as 251 degrees Fahrenheit, per ABC News.
"Our observations reveal a strong candidate for a planet shaping the structure of the TWA 7 debris disk, and its position is exactly where we expected to find a planet of this mass," lead researcher Anne-Marie Lagrange said in a statement.
If the finding is confirmed, it would mark the first time that the James Webb Space Telescope was used to capture a direct image that led to the discovery of a planet, the outlet reported.
More information on the finding can be viewed in the Nature journal article here.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09150-4
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: astronomy; fauxiantrolls; jwst; science; twa7b; xplanets
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To: Red Badger
To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv; rktman; mowowie; SuperLuminal; Cottonbay; telescope115; laplata; ...
WEBB Ping!.................
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:09:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:10:48 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Red Badger
which has a mass approximately 100 times the size of Earth. Welcome to Flatland.
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:11:46 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.โ)
To: Red Badger
At Warp 7 it will only take us 37 days to get there!!! Letโs roll!!
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:12:22 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
To: Red Badger
The only way to be sure, of course, is to increase NASA’s budget.
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:12:48 AM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: Red Badger
And itโs gravity would make a human feel that they weighed 10,000 lbs?
Not the best choice for a relocation!
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:13:20 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐ฉ? ๐ซ๐! ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐!)
To: Red Badger
An initial analysis suggests the planet has a temperature of near 120 degrees Fahrenheit, I'll pass.
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07/03/2025 6:24:55 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Red Badger
By the time this gets to MSNBC, they'll report it as "Webb Telescope discovers another life bearing planet"
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:29:59 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: fso301
“Webb Telescope discovers another life bearing planet THAT HATES TRUMP!”...................
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:34:38 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Sounds like Krypton, and if it has folks, they would be superfolks on earth.
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:43:06 AM PDT
by
Eli Kopter
(ืืืื ื ื ืฆื ืืื ืฉืื ื ืฉืืื ืืขืื Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
I’ll go to Arizona for that. it’s much closer.
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07/03/2025 6:43:30 AM PDT
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BipolarBob
(I tried pushing the envelope but it remained stationery.)
To: Bartholomew Roberts
But they would be supermen if they came to earth. Welcome Jorel!
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:44:23 AM PDT
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Eli Kopter
(ืืืื ื ื ืฆื ืืื ืฉืื ื ืฉืืื ืืขืื Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
To: Red Badger
Red Dwarf stars are a bad candidate for life. The habitable zone is so close to the star that anything in that orbit is seared occasionally by solar flares.
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:50:45 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: Nateman
Yes, nobody’s home.................
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posted on
07/03/2025 6:54:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Nateman
“Red Dwarf stars are a bad candidate for life. The habitable zone is so close to the star that anything in that orbit is seared occasionally by solar flares.”
Yes. Still it would seem there could be some form of life in oceans of they exist there although I doubt we ever know for sure.
To: Red Badger
Pack your bags Pilgrims. We’re heading out. Wagons Ho!
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07/03/2025 7:07:03 AM PDT
by
The_Harlequin
(โฆthe time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, wi)
To: Red Badger
” life can grow and reproduce starting at about 5 degrees Fahrenheit and as high as 251 degrees Fahrenheit”
Aren’t we being constantly lectured about a temperature rise of .3 degrees that’s going to cause the seas to rise, and kill us all?
Science is so confusing.
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07/03/2025 7:08:18 AM PDT
by
Fireone
(1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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