The Hubble Space Telescope for the first time snapped a visible-light picture of a planet circling another star, NASA announced. The planet is called Formalhut b. While the Hubble and other observers have detected exoplanets circling other stars previously, they often have done so through indirection, such as noting a slight wobble in a star that can be explained by the gravitational pull of a planet circling the star. This latest find, actually seeing visible light reflected from another planet…
Hubble Space Telescope Sees A Planet Orbiting Distant Star For First Time
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