The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 and on active duty since 2022, has gotten its legs viewing already known exoplanets but can now take credit for its first direct image of a previously unknown one. Exoplanets have been detected since 1992 when two, named named Poltergeist and Phobetor, were found orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12. Since then they have become key targets in astronomy, in hopes that capturing snapshots in time can help us understand how planetary systems form....
TWA 7 b: James Webb Space Telescope Finds Its First New Exoplanet
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