Image courtesy of Benoit Gougeon, Universite de Montreal.
Joel Kontinen
NASA scientist say
that an exoplanet might have an illiquid ocean and be habitable.
“The James
Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found that a distant world. Scientists thought
it was discovered several years ago could be an "eyeball" planet with
iris-like ocean surrounded by a sea of solid ice — making it a candidate for a
potentially habitable world. “
The exoplanet is
called LHS-1140b and it is about 50 light years from us, It is 1.73 times our
planet, Scientist say that it was a mini-Neptune. but now they say that it
would potentially support live.
This exoplanet is
situated in the "Goldilocks zone” which make it possible for live. But
live can only came with intelligence that this planet does not have.
Source:
Ben Turner, 2024. 'Eyeball' planet spied by James Webb telescope might be habitable (msn.com) 10 July
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