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Webb Directly Images Temperate Super-Jupiter around Epsilon Indi A


Astronomers using Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) have imaged Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant several times the mass of Jupiter located around 12 light-years away from Earth.

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