Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star

Credit: ESA, NASA, and L. Calcada (ESO for STScI), Posted on: Monday, 17 November 2008, 07:29 CST Download full size image

Artist's concept of the star Fomalhaut and the Jupiter-type planet that the Hubble Space Telescope observed. A ring of debris appears to surround Fomalhaut as well. The planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the 200-million-year-old star every 872 years. Credit:

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