NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided a direct look at the multiple gas giant planets within the iconic planetary system HR 8799. Located 130 light-years away, this system is young—about 30 million years old—and could offer clues on planet formation.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a key target for planet formation studies.