Direct photographs have been taken of a planet outside our solar system for the first time in history.
Scientists this week hailed a 'transformative moment' for our understanding of space following NASA 's release of new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, which show a distant exoplanet named HIP 65426 b.
Though pictures of alien planets — those located in a different solar system — have been taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in the past, the new images are the first time a direct, clear image taken of a planet that does not include light from nearby stars.
