ISLAMABAD: In a major astronomical breakthrough, NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly discovered its first new planet beyond our solar system\u2014an exoplanet named TWA 7b.<\/p>\n
This marks a significant milestone for the $10 billion telescope, known for its infrared sensitivity and deep-space capabilities.<\/p>\n
The planet, located about 111 light-years away in the constellation of Antlia, is orbiting a young, low-mass star known as CE Antilae or TWA 7.<\/p>\n
Unlike most previously known exoplanets found using indirect methods, TWA 7b was captured through direct imaging, making it the lowest-mass exoplanet ever observed in this way.<\/p>\n
Revealing the Secrets of a Young Planetary System<\/strong><\/p>\n TWA 7b is estimated to be about 100 times the mass of Earth, or roughly one-third the mass of Jupiter.<\/p>\n The planet resides in a debris disk surrounding CE Antilae, a star just a few million years old.<\/p>\n This star is observed pole-on from Earth, providing astronomers a clear top-down view of its disk and allowing them to analyze its unique ring structures.<\/p>\n The JWST detected an infrared source within one of the disk\u2019s narrow rings\u2014an observation confirmed by simulations, which revealed a planet-shaped void in the disk consistent with TWA 7b\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n The ring\u2019s structure and gravitational gaps helped scientists pinpoint the planet\u2019s exact location.<\/p>\n JWST’s Power in Exoplanet Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n The JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), along with a built-in coronagraph to block out stellar light, proved essential in capturing the faint infrared glow of TWA 7b.<\/p>\n This success demonstrates the telescope’s unmatched ability to detect young, low-mass planets previously hidden in stellar glare.<\/p>\n Astronomers say the discovery of TWA 7b is likely just the beginning.<\/p>\n With its exceptional infrared vision, the JWST is expected to uncover more such worlds in the coming years\u2014bringing us closer to understanding planet formation and the diversity of planetary systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ISLAMABAD: In a major astronomical breakthrough, NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly discovered its first new planet beyond our solar system\u2014an exoplanet named TWA 7b. This marks a significant milestone for the $10 billion telescope, known for its infrared sensitivity and deep-space capabilities. The planet, located about 111 light-years away in the constellation …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2048,2049,2047],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-exoplanet","tag-jwst","tag-spacediscovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}