Webb Detects Saturn-Mass Exoplanet Candidate around Young Star TWA 7

Jun 26, 2025 - 11:00
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Webb Detects Saturn-Mass Exoplanet Candidate around Young Star TWA 7
This Webb/MIRI image shows the Saturn-mass exoplanet TWA 7b. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / A.M. Lagrange / M. Zamani, ESA & Webb.

Astronomers have used the unprecedented sensitivity of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in the thermal infrared to search for exoplanets in the three-ring debris disk around the 6.4-million-year-old star TWA 7.

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