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How the Hubble Space Telescope found a planet outside of our solar system and took a photo of it (2008)
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn's.

Author: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)

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