Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star

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NASA Science News for November 13, 2008

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The planet, called 'Fomalhaut b', orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut located 25 light-years from Earth.

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