James Webb Just Saw Alpha Centauri for The First Time — And This Shouldn’t Be Possible

Astronomers are attempting to confirm the existence of a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the closest Sun-like star to Earth. After the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a potential image of a Saturn-sized world that subsequently vanished from view, NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to settle the mystery using advanced imaging technology.