Astronomers using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope have captured direct images of four planets in a star system 130 light years from Earth — an astonishingly eagle-eyed feat of cosmic photography ...

Last week, astronomers unveiled exciting new images of planets in the HR 8799 and 51 Eridani star systems — and it was all thanks to a creative use of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). William ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was blocked using a coronagraph to reveal a planet to its right. The light at the ...

"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." Astronomers have captured the sharpest, most detailed images yet of young solar systems ...

An instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our solar system by harnessing the power ...