Scientists find a planet from the Avatar movies in real life

A planet from the Avatar movies may exist in real life

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant planet in this particular star system.

Scientists find a planet from the Avatar movies in real life

Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun.In the popular Avatar movies, this star’s system is home to a glowing fantasyland called Pandora, the made-up moon of an imaginary Jupiter-like planet.It turns out that, in real life, a gas giant planet actually seems to be orbiting Alpha Centauri A, according to astronomers who peered at it with the James We…