"Super-Jupiter", One Of Coldest Exoplanets, Detected 12 Light Years Away
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Previously imaged exoplanets tend to be the youngest, hottest exoplanets that are still radiating much of the energy from when they first formed, according to the authors of the study.
A nearby "super-Jupiter" exoplanet - about 12 light years away from Earth - was detected and could be one of the coldest, according to an international study, including researchers from IIT Kanpur.
Estimating the temperature on the planet at two degrees Celsius, the authors said that Epsilon Indi Ab is colder than any other imaged exoplanet - planets existing outside of our solar system. The closest one is Proxima Centauri b at about four light years from Earth, according to NASA, the US space agency.
Images of Epsilon Indi Ab were captured using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
