The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was blocked using a coronagraph to reveal a planet to its right. The light at the star's far left is an unrelated star.

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare

The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the telescope's first exoplanet discovery.