Awesome Astronomy - JWST Finds its 1st Exoplanet

The 365 Days of Astronomy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH4uczqmhQ0

From Jan 20, 2023.

The James Webb Space Telescope took time away from finding the earliest galaxies or imaging incredible nebulae to test out its planet hunting capabilities. To say it was immediately successful would be an understatement. JWST is showing us that it can do almost anything in astronomy and cosmology.

Its latest trick is picking out an exoplanet candidate, confirming it exists and telling us about this alien world. LHS 475 is a red dwarf star 41 light-years away from our Solar System in the southern hemisphere constellation of Octans. And now we know a lot more about its planet, LHS 475 b.

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