Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of specialized instruments, allows it to detect very faint emissions coming from ...

The clearest look in the infrared yet at the iconic multi-planet system HR 8799. Colors are applied to filters from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera). A star symbol marks the location of the ...

Webb’s data shows that HR 8799’s four gas giants likely formed via core accretion, the same process that shaped Jupiter and Saturn in our solar system. Webb detected carbon dioxide and carbon ...

HR 8799, composed of four planets, is a young solar system, estimated to be about 30 million years old, compared to our 4.6 billion years.As they are still hot from their violent and recent birth ...

Last week, astronomers unveiled exciting new images of planets in the HR 8799 and 51 Eridani star systems — and it was all thanks to a creative use of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).