Astronomers detect radio signal from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b

Staff Reporter ASTRONOMERS have detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet for the first time, using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope to identify auroral radio bursts from the giant planet Beta Pictoris b, located about 63 light-years from Earth. The discovery provides the first direct measurement of a magnetic field on a planet outside our ... The post Astronomers detect radio signal from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b appeared first on Informanté .