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in the early evening on Tuesday, the 11th of January 2005 by Chad

What may be the first picture of planet around another star has been taken.

Ever wondered what a planet looks like from a distance of 225 light-years? No-one really knows, because no direct image has ever been taken before. But astronomers examining at data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile spotted a faint mark next to a young brown dwarf star.

On closer examination using Hubble’s infrared cameras, they were able to classify it as a candidate planet, because it is only 100th the brightness of its stellar companion.

Another link to the story here.