Radio signals detected from an exoplanet for the first time

Astronomers have detected radio signals coming directly from an exoplanet for the first time, a massive gas giant named β Pictoris b. Previously such signals were only observed from stars and other objects, not from exoplanets themselves.

• First direct radio emission detected from an exoplanet rather than its star
• The object is a massive gas giant, β Pictoris b
• Exoplanets have been discovered since the 1990s