This image shows the exoplanet HIP 65426 b in different infrared bands as seen from the James Webb Space Telescope. Purple shows NIRCam view at 3.00 micrometers, blue shows NIRCam view, yellow shows MIRI instrument view at 11.4 micrometers. Red color shows the image from the MIRI instrument at 15.5 micrometers. These images look different due to how different Webb’s instruments capture light. A set of masks in each instrument, called a coronagraph, blocks out the host star’s light so the planet can be seen. A small white star in each image marks the position of the parent star HIP 65426, which has been subtracted using image processing. The streaks in the NIRCam images are artifacts of the telescope’s optics, not objects in the scene.
