An Extrasolar Planet? ... Credit Copyright: S. Terebey Extrasolar Research Corp. NASA Explanation: This infrared Hubble Space Telescope view may contain the first ever direct image of a planet outside our own solar system. The picture shows a very young double star located about 450 light-years away toward the constellation of Taurus . Cataloged as TMR-1 (Taurus Molecular Ring star 1), the binary system is still embedded in the dust cloud that formed it. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...