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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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1 posted on 07/03/2025 6:08:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Blah, blah, blah...


2 posted on 07/03/2025 6:09:14 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv; rktman; mowowie; SuperLuminal; Cottonbay; telescope115; laplata; ...

WEBB Ping!.................


3 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....................)
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To: Red Badger

BGD = Big Gall Darn


4 posted on 07/03/2025 6:10:48 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger
which has a mass approximately 100 times the size of Earth.

Welcome to Flatland.


5 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€)
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To: Red Badger

At Warp 7 it will only take us 37 days to get there!!! Letโ€™s roll!!


6 posted on 07/03/2025 6:12:22 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Red Badger

The only way to be sure, of course, is to increase NASA’s budget.


7 posted on 07/03/2025 6:12:48 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Red Badger

And itโ€™s gravity would make a human feel that they weighed 10,000 lbs?

Not the best choice for a relocation!


8 posted on 07/03/2025 6:13:13 AM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: Red Badger

Let Rosie know. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿค—


9 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 this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: Red Badger
An initial analysis suggests the planet has a temperature of near 120 degrees Fahrenheit,

I'll pass.

10 posted on 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.)
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To: Red Badger
By the time this gets to MSNBC, they'll report it as "Webb Telescope discovers another life bearing planet"
11 posted on 07/03/2025 6:29:59 AM PDT by fso301
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“Webb Telescope discovers another life bearing planet THAT HATES TRUMP!”...................


12 posted on 07/03/2025 6:34:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like Krypton, and if it has folks, they would be superfolks on earth.


13 posted on 07/03/2025 6:43:06 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ื‘ื™ื—ื“ ื ื ืฆื— ื”ืœื‘ ืฉืœื ื• ืฉื‘ื•ื™ ื‘ืขื–ื” Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I’ll go to Arizona for that. it’s much closer.


14 posted on 07/03/2025 6:43:30 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I tried pushing the envelope but it remained stationery.)
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

But they would be supermen if they came to earth. Welcome Jorel!


15 posted on 07/03/2025 6:44:23 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ื‘ื™ื—ื“ ื ื ืฆื— ื”ืœื‘ ืฉืœื ื• ืฉื‘ื•ื™ ื‘ืขื–ื” Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
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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.


16 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.)
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To: Nateman

Yes, nobody’s home.................


17 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....................)
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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.


18 posted on 07/03/2025 7:05:51 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Red Badger

Pack your bags Pilgrims. We’re heading out. Wagons Ho!


19 posted on 07/03/2025 7:07:03 AM PDT by The_Harlequin (โ€ฆthe time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, wi)
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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.


20 posted on 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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