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To get a direct image of a planet, we need to gather the light it is reflecting. Planets in our own solar system are much closer and thus, they appear bigger - and they can often be found far enough away from where the Sun appears to be, so that the Sun's light doesn't affect the imaging effort.

However, when a star is many light years away, and a planet is around it, it will appear very, very close to its parent star - which is essentially blinding it out.

Imaging trying to gather the light reflected off a grain of sand which is sitting next to a large flashlight shining in your face.

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