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Astronomers used JWST’s coronagraphs in a unique way to capture new images of exoplanets in the HR 8799 and 51 Eridani systems.

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Johns Hopkins PhD student William Balmer is the first author of a study that compared the JWST’s observations of the system with those of a somewhat closer and younger system, 51 Eridani.

William Balmer, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University ... coronagraphic images of exoplanets in HR 8799 and 51 Eridani — and they did so by using the JWST's coronagraphs in an ...