Fun fact: James Webb Space Telescope’s exoplanet discovery While the new study marks the first time the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new exoplanet through direct imaging, the , The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images of the relatively small world in Earth's galactic backyard., The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured its first direct image of a planet in a remote solar system, and it's lighter than any seen before., Its nearly face-on disk made it an ideal target for Webb’s high-sensitivity mid-infrared observations. Webb Expands Exoplanet Frontiers The findings highlight Webb’s ability to explore previously unseen, low-mass planets around nearby stars., Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged what appears to be a Saturn-mass exoplanet, marking Webb’s first direct detection of a planet outside our solar system. If confirmed, it would be the lightest planet ever photographed in this way., .