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James Webb Space Telescope directly images coldest exoplanet target yet

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration of a hot Jupiter orbiting a red dwarf star. | Credit: T. Müller (MPIA/HdA) Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect a new “super-Jupiter” planet that is one of the coldest worlds ever… Read More »

James Webb Space Telescope captures young planetary system by its dusty ‘cat tail’ (photo)

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has seen Beta Pictoris like never before, capturing a never-before-seen structure that gives the young planetary system a dusty cat tail. Located 63 light-years away from us, Beta Pictoris is a star about twice the size of the Sun and eight times brighter; It is surrounded by a disk… Read More »