James Webb Space Telescope discovers new planet TWA 7b

A never-before-seen planet! 🪐 This is Webb’s first discovery of a planet using direct imaging. With a mass similar to Saturn, it’s also the lightest exoplanet yet seen using this technique! go.nasa.gov/4kW9Gc2 pic.x.com/XTGwIqgH8n

NEWS: #NASAWebb has spotted the lightest planet ever directly seen outside our solar system! TWA 7 b is a gas giant planet similar in mass to Saturn, and orbits a star about 34 light-years from Earth: webbtelescope.pub/43FGcIh pic.x.com/o8lnz7YDvG

This image from the Spitzer Space Telescope is the Helix Nebula. The Helix Nebula shows the welcome light from NGC 7293, or the God's Eye Nebula. The distance of the planetary nebula from Earth is 680 light years. It was discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding. NASA/Spitzer pic.x.com/YzLP52scm7

The Phantom Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope – a mesmerizing view of cosmic beauty. pic.x.com/qmjkQAsk1V