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First radio signal detected from a planet beyond our solar system

Original: Radio signal detected for first time from a planet outside our solar system

Scientists have detected a radio signal from an exoplanet for the first time, reportedly coming from Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant orbiting a young star roughly 63 light-years from Earth. The detection, made with radio telescopes, could open a new way to study magnetic fields and properties of planets outside our solar system. Astronomers are calling it a milestone for exoplanet research.

Why now: The first-ever radio detection from an exoplanet is a genuine scientific first, drawing wide attention and debate about what it reveals.

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