Pakistan, June 26 -- The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made history by discovering its first exoplanet, named TWA 7b. This small, distant world was directly imaged by JWST - a major milestone since the telescope became active in 2022. Unlike previous studies that observed known planets, this discovery marks the first time Webb has captured an unknown world on its own.

TWA 7b is located around 100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydrus. The star it orbits is just 6.4 million years old and is surrounded by a large disc of gas and dust - a perfect environment for new planets to form. Webb used its MIRI instrument and a special device called a coronagraph to block out the star's light and clearly see the planet in infrare...