Das James-Webb-Weltraumteleskop hat das erste direkte Bild eines anderen Sonnensystems geliefert und einen Gasriesen aufgenommen, der den 12 Lichtjahre entfernten Stern Epsilon Indi-A umkreist.

Submission Statement

They are pretty grainy images, but it’s amazing to think we are able to look at another solar system 12 light-years away.

It’s worth noting that space agencies around the world are ramping up efforts to get more detailed data about solar systems and their exoplanets within 100 light-years of Earth. Estimates vary, but that is thought to include 12,000 – 15,000 solar systems. Presumably, the exoplanet tally will be 100,000. If microbial life is widespread in the Universe, it seems a near-certainty it will have to be in some of these.