Scientists Found Pandora’s Twin Only 4 Light-Years Away
Imagine if Pandora from Avatar wasn’t just movie magic—scientists say they’ve found its real-life twin, and it’s practically next door in cosmic terms, just 4 light-years away! 🌍✨This exoplanet orbits Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system, and it’s sitting in the “Goldilocks zone”—not too hot, not too cold—where liquid water could exist. 🌊 That makes it one of the most exciting places in the hunt for alien life. Astronomers think the world might be rocky, about the same size as Earth, and could even have a sky, clouds, and oceans like in the movie. But don’t start packing your bags just yet—it’s also blasted with radiation from its star, which means life there could be very different from anything we know.
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TWA 7: by International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Esposito (UC Berkeley), https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2014g, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TWA_7_(noirlab2014g).jpg
Saturn moon orbits: by Nrco0e, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_irregular_moon_orbits_2025_labeled.png
Hubblecast: by ESA/Hubble, NASA, Martin Kornmesser, https://esahubble.org/videos/hubblecast133a/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubblecast_133.webm
Phobos Eclipse: by Kevin M. Gill, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://flic.kr/p/2jeqT8d, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MSL_Sol_2723_Phobos_Eclipse_(50035083486).webm
TRAPPIST: by NASA/JPL-Caltech, https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21468, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA21468_-_TRAPPIST-1_Planets_-_Flyaround_Animation.ogv
Exoplanet K2-18 b: by Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Nikku Madhusudhan (IoA), https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/139/01H9RF0CCN4MZYDG56Q7K33WQV, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atmosphere_Composition_of_Exoplanet_K2-18_b_(NIRISS_%26_NIRSpec).png
Transit method planet: by NASA, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/transit_method_variable-size_planet_4K.mp4, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transit_method_variable-size_planet_4K.webm
Nancy Grace Roman: by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Scott Wiessinger, Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc./Sophia Roberts, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Jonathan North, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Krystofer Kim, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14573, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope_Reaction_Wheel_and_Thruster_Animations_(SVS14573_-_Roman_Coronagraph_shot_4k_60_ProRes).webm
Nancy Grace Roman: by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - eMITS/Scott Wiessinger, Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc./Sophia Roberts, ASRC Federal/Jolearra Tshiteya, University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14693, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA%27s_Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope-_Systems,_Assemble!_(SVS14693).webm
Nancy Grace Roman: by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Scott Wiessinger, Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc./Sophia Roberts, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Jonathan North, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Krystofer Kim, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14573, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope_Reaction_Wheel_and_Thruster_Animations_(SVS14573_-_Roman_Coronagraph_shot_4k_60_ProRes).webm
exoplanet Coronagraph: by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - USRA/Scott Wiessinger, HTSI/Chris Meaney, HTSI/Walt Feimer, NASA/GSFC/Neil Gehrels, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12417, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WFIRST_2017_AAS_Hyperwall_Presentation_(SVS12417_-_WFIRST_exoplanet_Coronagraph_V2_ProRes_4k).webm
Saturn-Mass Planet: by Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Anne-Marie, https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/likely-saturn-mass-planet-imaged-by-nasa-webb-is-lightest-ever-seen/
Alpha Centauri 3: by NASA, ESA, CSA, Aniket Sanghi (Caltech), Charles Beichman (NExScI, NASA/JPL-Caltech), Dimitri Mawet (Caltech); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/alpha-centauri-3-panel-webb-miri-image-detail/
alphacentauriwebb3g: by Beichman et al./ arXiv2508.03814, Nadja Podbregar, https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/hat-alpha-centauri-doch-einen-planeten/attachment/alphacentauriwebb3g/
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The Chronicles of Riddick / Universal Pictures and co-producers
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