The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn's. For more information on this exciting discovery please visit figbranch.com FigBranch.com your science news and community web site. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida Written by: Lee Pullen & Lars Lindberg Christensen Host: Dr. J Narration: Bob Fosbury Cinematography: Peter Rixner Music: movetwo Footage and photos: A. Fujii, Digitized Sky Survey 2, NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley). Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen
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