CNN (November 13, 2008)
- "(CNN) -- The first-ever pictures of planets outside our solar system were released today in two studies.
Artist's conception of the multiple planet system as captured by the Gemini Observatory on Hawaii. - "Using the latest techniques in space technology, astronomers at NASA and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used direct-imaging techniques to capture pictures of four newly discovered planets orbiting stars outside our solar system...."
Space.com (November 13, 2008)
- "Astronomers have taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside of our solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet system and an infrared picture of a multiple-planet system.
- "Earth-like worlds might also exist in the three-planet system, but if so they are too dim to photograph. The other newfound planet orbits a star called Fomalhaut, which is visible without the aid of a telescope. It is the 18th brightest star in the sky...."
Odds are, these things actually are planets.
These are exciting times that we live in.
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