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Spectra from the YSES-1 system

Spectra from the YSES-1 system
Spectra from the YSES-1 system This graphic from the paper “Silicate clouds and a circumplanetary disk in the YSES-1 exoplanet system” shows the James Webb Space Telescope spectra of the two giant exoplanets in the YSES-1 system. On the left is a direct image of the system captured by JWST's MIRI instrument, with YSES-1b and YSES-1c labeled. On the right, the two planetary spectra are shown: YSES-1b (top) reveals thermal emission from a dusty circumplanetary disk, while YSES-1c (bottom) shows prominent silicate cloud features in its atmosphere. These observations offer a rare glimpse into the atmospheres and environments of forming gas giants around a Sun-like star. Ellis Bogat