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JWST Takes Its First Image of an Exoplanet


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JWST has taken its first image of an exoplanet! The world, HIP 65426 b, is a "super Jupiter" nearly 400 light-years away. This is a huge milestone, and just the first of maybe hundreds of planets the telescope is expected to see in its lifetime.