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The direct image of GJ 758 B (circled as B) was taken with the Subaru Telescope's HiCIAO instrument in the near infrared. An unconfirmed companion planet or planet-like object, C, can be viewed above B. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Astronomy/National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Astronomers say they have taken the first direct image of a planet-like object orbiting a star much like our own sun.
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