Infact it's not. The small orange blob at the top of the above image is the first direct imaging of a planet orbiting around another star, which is about 470 lightyears away. The star's name is "1RXS J160929.1-210524". The planet is a little overweight at 8 times the mass of jupiter and very creatively known as "b".
via Space.com
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