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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

Galactic Penguin Honors 2nd Anniversary of First James Webb Space Telescope Images

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In honor of the two-year anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) beginning to send images back to Earth, NASA has released another stunning image taken by the revolutionary space telescope. The second anniversary JWST image shows two interacting galaxies that make up a single object, called Arp 142, which looks like a cosmic … Read more