# Giant exoplanet emerges from the dark when the James Webb Space Telescope turns out the starlight

Giant exoplanet emerges from the dark when the James Webb Space Telescope turns out the starlight

via [Space.com](https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/giant-exoplanet-emerges-from-the-dark-when-the-james-webb-space-telescope-turns-out-the-starlight)

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a giant exoplanet by blocking its star's light. The exoplanet, 51 Eridani b, is a gas giant with 11 times Jupiter's mass, orbiting a star 97 light-years away. It was initially discovered in 2015 by ground-based telescopes.

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