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Webb telescope takes its first direct image of an exoplanet
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NASA's newest telescope has captured the first image of a planet outside our solar system, also known as an exoplanet and this one is named HIP 65426 b. It's what's known as a gas giant, and has 6-to-12 times the mass of Jupiter. The planet is also an interstellar baby at only 15-to-20 million years
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN 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.
Astronomers from the University of Exeter have led the effort to capture the first-ever direct image of an exoplanet using the pioneering James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA's newest telescope has captured the first image of a planet outside our solar system, also known as an exoplanet and this one is named HIP 65426 b. It's what's known as a gas giant, and has 6-to-12 times the mass of Jupiter. The planet is also an interstellar baby at only 15-to-20 million years
