"Webb Telescope to Probe Habitable Exoplanet"

The James Webb Space Telescope could determine whether the rocky exoplanet LP 890-9c, located near the inner edge of its star's habitable zone, is habitable or not. The planet's position in its planetary system is analogous to Venus' location in our solar system, which is also at the inner edge of the habitable zone. The telescope could distinguish between different climatic and atmospheric states that LP 890-9c could be in, and determine whether it is more like a hot Earth, Venus, or something in between. The findings could teach us about the fate of our own planet, Earth, as it ages and becomes too hot for life to survive.