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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. As Wil Wheaton often says by Pojut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Damn, I love living in the future.

    --
    Living With a Nerd
  2. Photo dates from 2008 by mbone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The key word in the title is "confirmed." Readers may remember that there were 2 separate sets of planets photographed in papers published in 2008. Now, we are sure (not that there was much doubt) that one of them is truly orbiting its primary star.

  3. Adaptic optics FTW by OneAhead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I see this as a big triumph of adaptic optics. This picture was not made by a space telescope, but by an earth-based one!