The James Webb Space Telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here's what we can learn from it

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The James Webb Space Telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here's what we can learn from it
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The new images reveal JWST will be a fantastic tool for astronomers aiming to improve their knowledge of exoplanets.

. On top of that, it was also previously found to be remarkably hot, with temperature at its cloud tops measuring at least 1,200 degrees Celsius.JWST’s first images of an alien world, HIP 65426b, are shown at the bottom of a wider image showing the planet’s host star. The images were taken at different wavelengths of infrared light.

Using these coronagraphs, JWST took a series of images of HIP 65426b, each taken at a different wavelength of infrared light. In each image, the planet can be clearly seen – a single bright pixel offset from the location of its obscured stellar host. The images are far from your standard science fiction fare. But they show that the planet was easily detected, standing out like a sore thumb against the dark background of space.) found that JWST is performing around ten times better than expected – a result that has astronomers around the globe excited to see what comes next.

Using their observations, they determined the mass of HIP 65426b . Beyond that, the data reveal the planet is hotter than previously thought , and somewhat smaller than expected .A signpost to the future

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