Hubble photographs an extra-solar planet

[No*s]

I was about to leave, but I spotted this and found it rather nifty, so I had to come back and post it .

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planet_photo_040910.html

A group of European-led astronomers has made a photograph of what appears to be a planet orbiting another star. If so, it would be the first confirmed picture of a world beyond our solar system.

"Although it is surely much bigger than a terrestrial-size object [like Earth], it is a strange feeling that it may indeed be the first planetary system beyond our own ever imaged," said Christophe Dumas, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory.

SPACE.com revealed a similar imaging effort of another planet candidate in May by a U.S.-led team that used the Hubble Space Telescope. That possible planet has not been confirmed and could be a dim star in the background of the picture.
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[lousyskater]

yeah, i heard about that. the planet was supposed to be several times the size of jupiter though.

 

[No*s]

Yeah, it was. Still, it impresses me a very good deal .