JWST Images Freezing Giant Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away

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July 25, 2024, 4:30 PM

• •Astronomers have photographed a planet six times as massive as Jupiter orbiting one of the closest stars to the Sun.
• •It is the first extrasolar planet to be discovered through direct imaging using the James Webb Space Telescope.
• •The planet, named ε Indi Ab, is around 15 times as far from its host star as Earth is from the Sun, and its temperature is just above 0 ºC.

Astronomers have photographed a planet six times as massive as Jupiter orbiting one of the closest stars to the Sun. It is the first extrasolar planet to be discovered through direct imaging using the James Webb Space Telescope. The planet, named ε Indi Ab, is around 15 times as far from its host star as Earth is from the Sun, and its temperature is just above 0 ºC.

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