Hubble Sees Planet Circling Another Star for the First Time
November 13, 2008
After years of suspecting the existence of planets in other solar systems in the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope captures visible-light images that, for the first time ever, provide concrete evidence of these extrasolar planets.
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Technology Internet, Space exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Planetary science, Solar systems, New Worlds Mission, HD 209458 b, Solar System, Planet, Extrasolar planet, European Space Agency, Planetary systems