NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of Epsilon Indi Ab, an exoplanet located 12 light-years away from Earth. This exoplanet, one of the coldest ever observed, is a gas giant slightly more massive than Jupiter and orbits a star similar to our Sun.
The James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged a cold gas giant exoplanet, Epsilon Indi Ab, located 12 light-years away. This rare observation is significant because most exoplanets are too small and dim to be directly imaged. The planet’s relatively cool temperature, just 35 degrees Fahrenheit, made it a suitable target for Webb’s sensitive infrared instruments.
