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Peeking at a Planet 
Peeking at a Planet 
Hubble Space Telescope captured some of the first pictures of a planet in another star system by monitoring Fomalhaut for several years. A small dot of light, which moved from 2004 to 2006 (inset), is a giant planet in a distant orbit around the planet. Fomalhaut is surrounded by a wide, thick ring of dust, which may have given birth to more planets. [NASA/ESA/P.Kalas (UC-Berkeley)] For more information, see our October 25 program.

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