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| James Webb Telescope discovers planet 'almost exactly' the same as Earth only 41 light years away |
| 2023-01-13 |
| Yeah? That's what they said about Planet Four, and look how that turned out. by Rachel Lang [UNILAD] NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has locked eyes with a planet that could one day be our new home. Okay, that might be jumping the gun just a tad, but LHS 475 b is almost exactly the same size as our home planet, clocking in at 99 per cent of Earth’s diameter. The planet also boasts a rocky dry land, which NASA reckons is also rather similar to Earth. But before we start sending out ships to colonise the planet, NASA needs to ascertain what sort of atmosphere the planet has. We also need a significant development in technology to allow humans to travel that far...but that sort of finer detail is future NASA's problem. Space science boffins haven't yet been able to conclude what the planet's atmosphere is made out of. They have, however, been able to rule out what it isn't. Basically, they've concluded the atmosphere is not made up of a thick methane, similar to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters Mark Clampin said the telescope's first discovery of a new planet will open multiple avenues for researchers trying to understand what lies amongst the stars. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 Or Ceti Alpha 5. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-13 18:09 |
| #8 #2 Journey to the Far Side of the Sun |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-01-13 15:32 |
| #7 As long as it isn't LV-426... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2023-01-13 13:41 |
| #6 I just read that Dollar General has opened a store on LHS 475. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-13 13:28 |
| #5 I have a friend who foams at the mouth every time someone who takes Bezos' 61 mile suborbital ride is called an "astronaut." But he salivates about Musk's chemical rocket "starship." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-13 13:08 |
| #4 planet is orbiting a red dwarf star really close to the star planet surface will be hot and exposed to gobs of radiation |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-01-13 12:36 |
| #3 In related news: Joe Biden, Democratic Leadership, and Mitch McConnell introduce bill to send the planer $205b in reparations.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2023-01-13 04:53 |
| #2 So 'parallel universe' not conspiracy theory after all ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-13 00:47 |
| #1 How about .1 light years? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-13 00:20 |