Among the many observation modes provided by the James Webb Space Telescope, the one called “MIRI with chronograph” allows the detection of planets in the mid-infrared that would otherwise be obscured by the light of their own star. This is the case of Epsilon Indi AB, a gas giant six times the size of Jupiter, with an average temperature of just above zero [...]
The latest observations from the James Webb Telescope have opened up a new scenario for the already known exoplanet Lhs 1140 b, one of the most promising in the habitable zone of its star, a low-mass red dwarf, about one-fifth the size of the Sun, potentially capable of hosting an atmosphere and even an ocean of liquid water. […]
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