Webb Telescope Captures First Direct Look at Distant Exoplanet’s Surface Written 5 May 2026

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Webb Telescope Captures First Direct Look at Distant Exoplanet’s Surface

Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope in space with its major elements fully deployed. | Credit: NASA

SPACE reports astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly analyzed the surface of a distant super-Earth, revealing a dark, airless, Mercury-like world.
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