Telescopes see ‘distant planet’
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“A European team claims to have obtained the first direct image of a planet beyond our own Solar System.
The “extrasolar planet” is said to orbit a star called GQ Lup - thought to be like a young version of our Sun.
Similar claims have been made in the past, but sceptical scientists believe the pictures merely show objects that share the same view in the sky.
The GQ Lup object is far more certain claims Ralph Neuhaeuser’s team in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
GQ Lup and its companion are located in a star-forming region about 400 light-years away.
The “planet” has been observed by the team since 1999.”
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