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![This image shows the exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab. The image is mostly black, with blue scale-like features apparent in the central region of the image. At the center of the image, there is a black circle, and in the center, a symbol representing a star. This black circle blocks the light from the host star. To the lower left of the circle is a fuzzy bright orange circle, which is the exoplanet.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/webb-miri-stsci-01j09eekkazc0hdyyfq9vtrngk-2k.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from…
![Illustration of a planet, zoomed in on the planet’s dayside/nightside boundary. The planet encompasses takes up the full image. At the bottom left, the image is dark, depicting the nightside covering the planet in a dark shadow. In the right side of the image, the planet has a fuzzy orange-pink atmosphere with hints of latitudinal wispy cloud bands. The right upper corner is bright, where the star (not illustrated) shines.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/webb-stsci-01j2f12rm1s3n39yj938nhsf93-2k.png?w=4096&format=png)
NASA’s Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have…
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Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets
This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are close enough that they could be…
![A yellowish star is at the center of the image. It is surrounded by a mottled disk of gas and dust that transitions from bright yellow to darker orange as you move outward. The disk stretches from about 8 o'clock to 2 o'clock and is tilted so that the nearer side is toward the viewer.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/webb-stsci-01hz2nk29nfz7h63hmz8446jm3-2k.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Webb Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust…
![Artist's concept shows a full disk of imagined planet Vulcan, predominantly light brown with patches of gray-green, against the black background of space.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vulcan-1280.png?w=4096&format=png)
Discovery Alert: Spock’s Home Planet Goes ‘Poof’
The discovery A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet,…
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