Awesome Astronomy - JWST Finds its 1st Exoplanet

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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