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First Direct Photo of Exoplanet Confirmed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the say-cheese-guys dept.

An anonymous reader noted a report confirming the first ever exoplanet actually photographed from telescopes on earth. Every other exoplanet so far 'observed' has been done by measuring wobbles of stars pulled by planetary gravity. But this one is a photograph. And that's just plain cool.

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  1. Re:As Wil Wheaton often says by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 3, Funny

    But you wrote that comment in the past!

  2. Re:Because we can't see Venus at night.... by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alien, in this context, = outside of our solar system. As in too far for you to take a picture.

    You are making quite an assumption about where the GP poster lives and is posting from. Beam me up dismiley!

  3. Re:As Wil Wheaton often says by chichilalescu · · Score: 4, Funny

    as a PhD student in physics, the interstellar travel mechanism closest to being theoretically possible that I've seen so far is the Infinite Improbability Drive.

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  4. Re:Photo dates from 2008 by sorak · · Score: 3, Funny

    We just need to use the good old CSI zoom and enhance! We'll find many more!

    But won't they all be covered in semen and blood stains?

  5. Re:As Wil Wheaton often says by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Event Horizon

    What a bad, bad movie. And I even dig hellish torture.