A telescope in South Africa has picked up radio signals from a planet 63 light-years from Earth, according to reporting from MyBroadband. The signals appear to come from the exoplanet itself, which would make this the first time astronomers have detected radio waves directly from a world beyond our Solar System.
Several outlets covered the finding, including Phys.org, ScienceAlert and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. Coverage describes the discovery as a landmark, with one report suggesting the planet may have aurora-like activity similar to the northern lights. Researchers say the result could aid the search for habitable worlds.
In the same MyBroadband report, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was said to have lost R145.7 billion in a single day.
The reports did not include further detail on the signal's strength, the instruments used, or the name of the planet, and no full article text was available at the time of writing.
What to watch next: whether the team publishes peer-reviewed results confirming the detection and what follow-up observations reveal about the planet's atmosphere.
