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Astronomers Detect Radio Signals Coming Directly From an Exoplanet For The First Time

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There's no proof of other life beyond Earth yet, but scientists are constantly looking out and listening for signs that we're not actually alone in the Universe.

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A team of researchers from Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian and University of Oregon first detected a radio signal clearly located at an exoplanet, and not at the star around which it orbits.

Astronomers have detected radio signals from a planet outside the solar system for the first time. AzEdu.az reports, citing foreign media, that researchers from Harvard University have detected radio signals from the planet Beta Pictoris b, located approximately 63.4 light years from Earth. Thus, Beta Pictoris b is a...

Researchers from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the University of Oregon have for the first time directly detected radio signals from Beta Pictoris b, located 63.4 light-years from Earth. The signals were determined to be caused by the aurora borealis, a phenomenon resulting from the planet's powerful magnetic field, rather than signs of extraterrestrial life.

Astronomers have recorded a radio signal associated with a planet outside the solar system for the first time.

Researchers have made history: they have detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet for the first time. They have also decoded how it was created. The post Mysterious radio signals arrived from an exoplanet first appeared on 24.hu.

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Science Alert broke the news in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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