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NASA's James Webb Telescope Captures Closest Super-Jupiter Exoplanet

Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant six times the size of Jupiter, is one of the coldest and closest exoplanets ever imaged.

  • The exoplanet orbits the star Epsilon Indi A, approximately 11.9 light-years from Earth.
  • Epsilon Indi Ab has an extremely low temperature of about 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • The planet's atmosphere suggests high metallicity and possibly a high carbon-to-oxygen ratio.
  • Epsilon Indi Ab completes an orbit around its star every 200 years.
  • This discovery challenges previous models and opens new avenues for studying gas giants.
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