Scientists take first photos of planets orbiting stars

A Berkeley team uses the Hubble telescope to take a picture of a newly found planet orbiting its own star. A second team in Hawaii snaps photos of three planets orbiting a young star. Marking a milestone in the search for Earth-like planets elsewhere in the universe, two teams of astronomers have parted the curtains of space to take the first pictures in history of planets orbiting stars other than our sun.

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