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Oct 30, 2026 21 min

JWST Reveals Exoplanets As Never Seen Before

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JWST is approaching its one year anniversary since launching into space! So what has been found in that first year? Today we focus on exoplanets and summarize the various discoveries made thus far and what we can expect going forward.Written and presented by Prof David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Thumbnail by Helena Widerstrom.→ Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support→ Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-worlds-storeTHANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, J. Rockett, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, S. Roulier, B. Smith, G. Canterbury, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, J. Alexander, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., M. Donovan, N. Corwin, M. Mangione, K. Howard, L. Deacon, G. Metts, G. Genova, R. Provost, B. Sigurjonsson, G. Fullwood, B. Walford, J. Boyd, N. De Haan, J. Gillmer, R. Williams, E. Garland, A. Leishman & A. Phan Le.::Music::Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), or with permission from the artist► Conception (0:00)► Brad Hill - There Is But One Good (03:30) [https://open.spotify.com/album/4pmiXcyRpPlFjWjb45pYLx0]► Falls - Life in Binary (09:35)► Indive - Trace Correction (14:26)::Film/TV clips used::► Interstellar (Paramount Pictures)::Chapters::00:00 Introduction01:15 JWST Timeline02:13 ERO03:31 JWST Issues05:42 ERS06:59 Transit ERS09:18 Imaging ERS11:18 Cycle 112:12 Cycle 213:44 Final thoughts14:26 Outro & Credits#JWST #Exoplanets #CoolWorlds

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