A series of light curves from Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (IMAGE)

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A series of light curves from Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph

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A series of light curves from Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) shows the change in brightness of three different wavelengths (colors) of light from the WASP-39 star system over time as the planet transited the star July 10, 2022.

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Credits: Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, and L. Hustak (STScI); Science: The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team

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