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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

NASA's James Webb discovers its first ever planet - and it's similar to Earth

NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first ever planet - and scientists say it is similar to Earth.

Researchers from the space agency have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet - a planet which orbits a different star to our sun - using the high-tech space technology.

Named LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own and is thought to measure about 99% of Earth’s diameter.

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