Radio Waves From Beta Pictoris b May Be a Cosmic First
Astronomers may have directly detected auroral radio emission from a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The candidate signal comes from Beta Pictoris b, a young gas giant about 63 light-years away, captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa. The research, led by Kevin N. Ortiz Ceballos and collaborators … Read more