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	Resources On this page  News & Features FAQs Keywords AstroGlossary Terms Links Other Topics Stars and Nebulae  Peeking at a Planet (October 25, 2009) 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)] » More Stars and Nebulae images in the Image Gallery News & Features Do other stars have planets like the Sun? Find out the latest on the search for extrasolar planets from the pages of StarDate magazine.   » More information about planets around other stars » Find a table of the brightest stars and easy-to-understand descriptions of how stars are born and how they die in the Star Guide. Frequently Asked Questions How are stars born? How big can stars grow? How do stars get their names? What are stars made of? What happens to a star when it runs out of fuel? What is a brown dwarf? What is the difference between a nova and a supernova? What is the difference between luminosity and brightness? What is the nearest star? What makes the stars shine? Why do stars twinkle? Keywords Astrobiology and Extraterrestrial Life Binary and Multi-Star Systems Birth of Stars Black Holes Brown Dwarfs Cepheid Variables Cosmic Jets Cosmic Rays Death of Stars Eta Carinae Gravity Waves Interstellar Gas and Dust Lifecycle of Stars Magnitude Scale and Star Brightness Main Sequence Stars Messier Objects Nebulae Neutron Stars Novae and Supernovae Nuclear Fusion Planetary Nebulae Pulsars Quasars Red Dwarfs Red Giants Star Clusters Star Colors and Temperatures Starquakes Stars Supergiant Stars Variable Stars White Dwarfs AstroGlossary Terms Terms to learn or review include Chandrasekhar Limit, event horizon, luminosity, magnitude, main sequence, nova, and Schwarzschild Radius. Links StarDate's Black Hole Encyclopedia Stars and Constellations Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
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