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EXCLUSIVE: First Confirmed Picture of a Planet Beyond the Solar System
Jena, Germany - After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned.
The object appears to be "the first directly imaged and confirmed companion to a Sun-like star, and as such [would mark] the dawn of a new era in planet detection," said Ray Jayawardhana, a University of Toronto researcher who was not involved in the discovery but has seen the scientific paper.