Astronomers have captured the first direct image of an exoplanet with the James Webb Space Telescope.
The exoplanet, or planet outside of our solar system, is a gas giant about six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter. The planet, called HIP 65426 b, is about 15 to 20 million years old -- just a baby planet when compared to Earth, which is 4.5 billion years old.The planet can be seen in four different bands of infrared light as taken by Webb's different instruments.
Scientists are analyzing Webb's data of HIP 65426 b and a forthcoming study will be submitted to journals for peer review. Stars are much brighter than planets and in this case, HIP 65426 b is more than 10,000 times fainter than its host star in near-infrared light.
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