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Webb Directly Observes a Frigid Exoplanet
Most exoplanets have been detected indirectly through the transit or radial velocity method. But here's an image of the exoplanet 14 Herculis c captured by Webb. It has been described as a "chaotic" and "abnormal" planetary system and is about 7 Jupiter masses, but with a surface temperature of only -3C. The discovery offers new insights into how planetary systems can develop in dramatically different ways from our own Solar System.
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