Last week,astronomers announced that our nearest neighboring star hosts an soil-sized planet in the habitable zone—an exciting prospect for alien life, and a possible second domestic for humanity. But before we assemble the interstellar welcoming party to greet our cosmic neighbors, or we need to figure out whether Proxima b is capable of supporting life at all. Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope,that question could be answered in less than three years.
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Source: gawker.com