Hubble to revisit exoplanet puzzle

Team aims to settle running dispute over mysterious object


Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to study the dust-shrouded star Fomalhaut (main image) hope to determine whether a bright point seen in 2004 and 2006 is a planet orbiting the star (arrow, inset).
NASA/ESA/P. Kalas, J. Graham, E. Chiang, E. Kite, M. Clampin, M. Fitzgerald, K. Stapelfeldt & J. Krist

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Hubble to revisit exoplanet puzzle
Team aims to settle running dispute over mysterious object.