Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 15:07
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish).