Extragalatic Planet Discovered

• Researchers at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have discovered the first known planet that originated outside Milky Way galaxy. From the BBC: "This find is different, they say, because the planet circles a sun which belongs to a group of stars called the "Helmi stream" which are known to have once belonged to a separate dwarf galaxy." (BBC) (Time) (Wired)
• A NASA probe has flown by the Comet Hartley, gathering data and images that will better help scientists understand this phenomenon of the universe. (BBC) (Wired)