In 2008, astronomers snapped what they claimed was the first actual picture of an exoplanet. The Hubble Space Telescope image showed a pinpoint of light orbiting a star called Fomalhaut approximately 25 light-years from Earth.
The Hubble space telescope imaged the Fomalhaut system, its large dusty debris ring and a probable planet (box).
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