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🆕 Webb has found a plethora of carbon molecules around a young star! 🍸 Read more: esawebb.org/news/weic2416/ or 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/YLKF3ZxzVd

Tiny star, big potential. Webb studied the planet-forming disk around a star weighing 1/10th of our Sun, finding it holds the largest number of carbon-containing molecules seen to date in such a disk: go.nasa.gov/4aQjgrk What this tells us about potential future planets ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/NboXyzLEpX

What goes into finding a potentially habitable planet? Learn how Webb’s sensitive vision may help us detect and characterize the atmospheres of some of the most promising candidates orbiting cool stars — and lay the groundwork for future missions: go.nasa.gov/4bOSb9g pic.twitter.com/vNGE5D7GlC

Astronomers Discover New Earth-size World only 40 Ligh-Years Away: Discovered by NASA’s TESS, this nearby terrestrial world might just reveal the secrets of atmospheric composition and habitability for planets like Earth and Venus. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-discover-new-earth-size-world-only-40-light-years-away/