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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3707185.stm
The historic first image of a planet circling another star may have been taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The "planet", 5-10 times the mass of Jupiter, is orbiting a small white dwarf star about 100 light-years away.
Astronomers are being cautious, saying they require more data to be sure it really is a planet and not a background object caught in the same field of view.
The historic first image of a planet circling another star may have been taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The "planet", 5-10 times the mass of Jupiter, is orbiting a small white dwarf star about 100 light-years away.
Astronomers are being cautious, saying they require more data to be sure it really is a planet and not a background object caught in the same field of view.