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Published online 14 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040510-10

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Hubble snaps new world

Is this the first photo of a planet beyond our solar system?

An infrared snapshot taken by the Hubble Space Telescope might be our first glimpse of a truly alien world. Although we know of more than 120 planets outside our solar system, none has been photographed directly.

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