Astronomers detect radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time

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Scientists detected radio signals from an exoplanet, β Pictoris b, for the first time, marking a significant breakthrough in astronomy. This finding helps advance the understanding of exotic worlds outside our solar system discovered since the 1990s.

Exoplanets are exotic worlds orbiting distant stars far beyond our solar system. Ever since the first ones were discovered in the 1990s, astronomers have turned their attention to these distant worlds to understand more about them. Now, for the first time, scientists have detected radio signals coming directly from one of these planets, a massive gas giant named β Pictoris b.