Archive · 28 Jun 2025
James Webb Telescope Captures Direct Image of Exoplanet TWA 7 b
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have taken the first direct picture of a planet outside of our solar system called TWA 7 b!
It's about as big as Saturn and warm, at about 120 degrees.
The telescope blocked out the light from the star, so scientists could see the faint light of the planet.
TWA 7 b is in a disk of dust around its star and is very far from its star.
It's exciting because it helps us learn how other solar systems are made and grow!
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) directly imaged exoplanet TWA 7 b.
TWA 7 b is located 111 light-years away in the constellation Hydra.
The exoplanet has a mass similar to Saturn and a temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
It orbits within a debris disk, 50 times farther from its star than Earth is from the Sun.
The discovery helps shed light on how planetary systems form and evolve.
- Who
- Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.
- What
- JWST captured a direct image of exoplanet TWA 7 b.
- When
- The discovery was recently published.
- Where
- The exoplanet is 111 light-years away in the constellation Hydra.
- Why
- To study an exoplanet and learn about planetary system formation.
- Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Object
- Exoplanet TWA 7 b
- Distance
- 111 light-years
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Mass
- Similar to Saturn
- Temperature
- 120 degrees Fahrenheit