<ul><li>NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured direct images of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of planets outside our solar system.</li><li>The discovery was made in a planetary system called HR 8799, located 130 light-years away, providing evidence that the planets formed similarly to Jupiter and Saturn.</li><li>The images were captured using Webb's coronagraph, blocking the light from stars to observe faint nearby planets and detect specific gases like carbon dioxide.</li><li>Understanding the formation of giant planets helps researchers comprehend the potential habitability of smaller, Earth-like planets in the future.</li></ul>

Webb Telescope snaps first clear images of carbon dioxide outside solar system

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