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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 14 > Photos of far-off planets a first

Photos of far-off planets a first

Finds represent ‘a milestone in the field,’ one astronomer says

By John Johnson Jr. / The Bulletin
November 14, 2008

Reaching a milestone in the search for Earth-like planets, two teams of astronomers say they have parted the curtains of space to take the first pictures of planets beyond our solar system.

The first team, led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, used the Hubble Space....

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