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Exo-Saturns and Exo-Jupiters Are Within JWST’s Reach

JUL 07, 2025
New research suggests that JWST is capable of directly imaging planets that resemble the gas giants in our solar system, provided they orbit nearby stars.
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Illustration of Jupiter and a Jupiter-like exoplanet

New research suggests that JWST is capable of directly imaging planets that resemble the gas giants in our solar system, provided they orbit nearby stars.

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