Elisabeth Mattheus

James Webb Space Telescope directly images its coldest exoplanet target yet

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

James Webb Space Telescope images massive Jupiter-like planet in triple-body system

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have imaged a planet that is, relatively speaking, in our galactic backyard. The new data has led to new details about this enormous ‘cold’ Jupiter. The gas giant exoplanet has the unceremonious name Epsilon Ind Ab. Epsilon (or “Eps”) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet … Read more