Tag Archive for 'Epsilon Indi'

An artist’s impression of Epsilon Indi Ab with water clouds atop its ammonia-dominated atmosphere. Image credit: E.C. Matthews, MPIA / T. Müller, HdA.

Webb Spots Icy Clouds on Distant Jupiter-Like Exoplanet

Apr 23, 2026 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected water-ice clouds swirling through the atmosphere of Epsilon Indi Ab, a cold...

This image of Epsilon Indi Ab was taken with the coronagraph on Webb’s MIRI instrument. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / STScI / E. Matthews, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.

Webb Directly Images Temperate Super-Jupiter around Epsilon Indi A

Jul 24, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) have imaged Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant several times the mass of Jupiter located around 12...

An artist’s conception of Epsilon Indi, a star system approximately 12 light-years from Earth in the constellation Indus: brown dwarfs Epsilon Indi B and C orbit their common center of mass, which in turn orbits the much more distant primary component -- the Sun-like star Epsilon Indi A. Image credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa & Sergio Dieterich, Carnegie Institution for Science.

Astronomers Say Star-Brown Dwarf Boundary May Soon Be Clearer

Sep 18, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Carnegie Institution’s Serge Dieterich has demonstrated that brown dwarfs, objects which are unable to sustain...