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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Epsilon Indi Ab Photo

Epsilon Indi Ab is the orange object in this James Webb Space Telescope image.

The James Webb Space Telescope achieved a rarity — snapping an image of a planet beyond our solar system.  The exoplanet, Epsilon Indi Ab, is located 12 light-years away. That's trillions of miles, but right next door, cosmically speaking. The world is somewhat like the gas giant Jupiter, but twice as massive. (For reference, "If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be about as big as a basketball," NASA notes.)

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