Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
The James Webb Space Telescope finally turned its golden mirrors toward Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth at just four light years away. What it found in August two thousand twenty four stunned scientists: a candidate planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, detected ten thousand times fainter than the star itself.
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The James Webb Space Telescope finally turned its golden mirrors toward Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth at just four light years away. What it found in August two thousand twenty four stunned scientists: a candidate planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, detected ten thousand times fainter than the star itself.
Tags: space, alpha centauri, jwst, james webb, exoplanet, proxima centauri, nearest star, space documentary, documentary, science, late science, habitable zone, breakthrough starshot, proxima b, binary stars, astronomy, planet detection, space exploration
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