First Exoplanet Radio Signal Detected From Beta Pictoris b
In a historic breakthrough for observational astronomy, researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have successfully isolated and confirmed the first direct radio signal emitted by a planet outside our solar system. The target, Beta Pictoris b, is a massive gas giant discovered in 2008, located roughly 63 light-years away from Earth. Contrary to speculative hypotheses involving extraterrestrial intelligence, scientists confirmed that this broadcast is a naturally […]
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