Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified a faint source of infrared light in a disk of debris surrounding a young star called TWA 7, approximately 111 light-years away from Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was blocked using a coronagraph to reveal a planet to its right. The light at the star's far left is an unrelated star.

For the first time, the powerful telescope has discovered an exoplanet not previously known to scientists. Find out more here.