'Eyeball' planet spied by James Webb telescope might be habitable
WEBJul 9, 2024 · The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found that a distant world discovered several years ago could be an "eyeball" planet with an iris-like ocean surrounded by a sea of solid ice — making...
This Eyeball Planet Could Be The Best Place To Look For A Habitable …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · What’s more, this watery orb, almost twice as large as Earth, may be our best shot at finding habitable conditions elsewhere in the universe. That, anyway, is the most up-to-date depiction of LHS 1140 b, which we can't see directly.
‘Eyeball’ Planet 48 Light-Years Away Has Water, Suggest ... - Forbes
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Habitable Zone. Called a “super-Earth” because it's about seven times the mass of Earth, LHS 1140 b orbits a red dwarf star, one of the most common types of stars in the Milky Way.
A Closer Look at a Potential "Eyeball Planet" - Sky & Telescope
WEBJul 24, 2024 · Imagine a world hospitable to life, with a single temperate ocean surrounded on all sides by ice. This “eyeball planet” might sound straight out of science fiction, but it is entirely possible — and astronomers think they might …
Eyeball ocean world? Webb reveals an intriguing super-Earth
WEBJul 15, 2024 · The exoplanet LHS 1140 b – in its star’s habitable zone – might have an atmosphere and an ocean of liquid water. It is also relatively nearby, only 48 light-years from Earth. It might be...
Keep an eye on this one: astronomers find a potentially habitable …
WEBJul 11, 2024 · An exoplanet called LHS 1140 b could be the closest habitable world to Earth, an analysis of data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown.
Found with Webb: A potentially habitable icy world
WEBJul 9, 2024 · Current models indicate that if LHS 1140 b has an Earth-like atmosphere, it would be a snowball planet with a vast "bull's-eye" ocean measuring about 4,000 kilometers in diameter, equivalent to...
James Webb Space Telescope suggests this exoplanet is our 'best …
WEBJul 8, 2024 · James Webb Space Telescope data suggests the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is a water world in its star's habitable zone that sports a lovely, temperate ocean.
Giant 'Eyeball' a Perfect Place to Look For Life Outside The Solar ...
WEBJul 9, 2024 · The alien world LHS-1140b shows signs of being an 'eyeball' planet, with a global ocean capped in ice, and a single, iris-like region some 4,000 kilometers (around 2,500 miles) across permanently gazing at its host star.
The strange case of eyeball planets - Astronomy Magazine
WEBAug 22, 2022 · A hot, bright, early stellar phase may have caused all the evolving planets to look like Venus: any early oceans long since evaporated, leaving behind a thick, uninhabitable atmosphere.