Tag Archive for 'Epsilon Indi Ab'

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...