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Friday, 27 June 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its 1st exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered its first exoplanet, marked in this image as CC#1. The planet, named TWA 7b, is the lightest exoplanet ever detected at around a third of the mass of Jupiter. JWST picked up infrared radiation while taking a look at the star CE Antliae (the central black splodge), which astronomers deemed was coming from a young planet.
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