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+-   Hubble scooped on first pic of an alien world. on Thursday November 13 2008, @02:37PM dtolman

Submitted by dtolman on Thursday November 13 2008, @02:37PM
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dtolman writes "Scientists at the Keck and Gemini telescopes stole the thunder of Hubble scientists announcing the first picture of a extrasolar world orbiting a star. Hubble scientists announced today that they were able to discovery an extrasolar world for the first time by taking an actual image of the newly discovered exoplanet orbiting Fomahaut — previous discoveries have always been made by detecting changes in the parent stars movement, or by watching the planet momentarily eclipse the star — not by detecting them in images.

Hubble's time to shine was overshadowed though by the Keck and Gemini observatories announcing that they had taken pictures of not just one planet, but an entire alien solar system. The images show multiple planets orbiting the star HR 8799 — 3 have been imaged so far."
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