Found using the MIRI instrument on NASA’s Webb telescope, which was managed by JPL through launch, the possible planet would be easier to study than more far-flung worlds.
Date: August 9th, 2025 2:06 AM Author: Sickly argumentative UES Jew in puffy jacket
There's some system that is very very similar to ours about 175 ly away. Like the star is 99.5% similar to ours and it has a gas giant right where Jupiter would be. Which of course raises the question of what there is at Earth's distance from the star.
Date: August 13th, 2025 12:20 AM Author: Sickly argumentative UES Jew in puffy jacket
NASA had nothing to do with either the cataloguing of that star or the discovery of that exoplanet, which was accomplished using ground-based telescopes in South America owned by the European Southern Observatory. That agency has done very important work on exoplanets.