NASA's Webb Telescope Captures Unprecedented Images of Enigmatic Planet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system, called GJ 1214 b, to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere. The planet is a "mini-Neptune" that was largely impenetrable to previous observations. The observation demonstrates the power of Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which views wavelengths of light outside the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that human eyes can see. The new observations could open the door to deeper knowledge of a planet type shrouded in uncertainty.