November 13, 2008 (Thursday)
- Land based telescopes and Hubble capture the first images of exoplanets in the visual spectrum. Until now, researchers have used gravity changes to identify extrasolar planets. For the first time in history, pictures of extra-solar planets in HR 8799 have been released. (CNN) (Reuters)
Read more about this topic: November 2008 In Science
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