# @ucirvine on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DR4-Vd-CRO-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37602192-ucirvine-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d25d4aa697.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-12-05T17:30:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Irvine (@ucirvine) — https://gondola.cc/ucirvine

## Caption

✨ Cosmic Discovery Alert ✨

UC Irvine astronomers have found a nearby exoplanet sitting right in a star’s habitable zone, meaning liquid water could exist on its surface. The exoplanet is possibly rocky, a few times more massive than Earth and a prime target for exploration by the upcoming Thirty Meter Telescope.

In this video, UCI physics and astronomy professor Paul Robertson, a prominent “exoplanet hunter,” explains how this new world is voted “most likely to host life” by scientists.

💵 This work is supported by NASA and the National Science Foundation. Advocate for critical research funding. #Speakup4Science

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