Webb Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet CO2 For First Time

Source: International Business Times

The Webb telescope as it left Earth in 2021 AFP The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday. The gas giants are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, according to a study in The Astrophysical Journal. The HR 8799 system, 130 light years from Earth, is only 30 million years old -- just a baby compared to our solar system's 4.