Radio signals reportedly detected from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b
A user says MeerKAT picked up auroral radio bursts from the gas giant 64 light-years away, calling it the first detection of radio signals from an exoplanet.
TLDR
A user reports that the MeerKAT telescope detected radio bursts from Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant 64 light-years away. The post describes the bursts as auroral emissions revealing a 1,250-gauss magnetic field—not alien signals—and calls this the first radio detection from an exoplanet.
Radio signals reportedly detected from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b
A user says MeerKAT picked up auroral radio bursts from the gas giant 64 light-years away, calling it the first detection of radio signals from an exoplanet.
TLDR
A user reports that the MeerKAT telescope detected radio bursts from Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant 64 light-years away. The post describes the bursts as auroral emissions revealing a 1,250-gauss magnetic field—not alien signals—and calls this the first radio detection from an exoplanet.