Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable planet in our stars’ neighborhood using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that may also have water on its surface.

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Scientists have discovered a planet like Earth in the neighborhood of our stars, where human life is possible. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have detected a giant exoplanet. This planet is revolving around Alpha Centauri A, the closest sun-like star to our Sun. This planet is located in the Alpha Centauri tri-star system, which has now been temporarily named Alpha Centauri Ab. Scientists say that there is also a possibility of water being present on the surface of this planet.

This discovery, made possible through direct imaging, is an important milestone in exoplanet science. If it is confirmed, it will be the first time such a potentially habitable planet has been identified around our closest sun-like neighbor.

This planet is situated in the Goldilocks zone
Scientists believe that Alpha Centauri AB being in the Goldilocks zone could make it a major target in the search for life beyond Earth, where human life is possible. Along with this, this discovery also shows the unprecedented capabilities of JWST to find and study those distant planets, which were once impossible for astronomers.

Opinion of Astronomers

Aniket Sanghi, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, said that we saw that in the simulation sometimes the planet would go very close to the star and would not be visible to Webb in February and April 2025.

Sanghi says that if this planet is confirmed, then the possible planet seen in the Webb image of Alpha Centauri A will prove to be a new milestone in efforts to study the outer pictures of planets. He said that out of all the planets seen so far, this planet will be closest to its star. Sanghi says that this planet is closest to the giant planets of our solar system in terms of temperature and age and is closest to our planet, Earth.

Its mass is equal to the mass of Saturn
Based on the planet’s medium-infrared brightness and simulations of its orbit, scientists say it may be a gas giant planet with a mass roughly equal to that of Saturn. The planet orbits Alpha Centauri A on an elliptical path varying between one and twice the distance between the Sun and Earth.