{"id":913265,"date":"2026-10-02T08:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913265\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:52:13","slug":"scientists-have-detected-radio-signals-from-a-planet-beyond-our-solar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913265\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists have detected radio signals from a planet beyond our Solar System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get the key facts about this news story in our 1-minute read<\/p>\n<p>Radio emissions: Researchers have captured direct radio wave emissions originating from a planet outside our Solar System.<\/p>\n<p>MeerKAT array: Using South Africa\u2019s radio telescope array, an international team successfully detected variable bursts coming from Beta Pictoris b.<\/p>\n<p>Not aliens: While some might imagine the signal indicates extraterrestrial life, the discovery is not a sign of E.T.<\/p>\n<p>Giant exoplanet: The targeted planet is a massive gas giant located about 63 lightyears away from Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Magnetic fields: Studying these radio waves could reveal details about the magnetic fields of other Jupiter-like planets across the Galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>Quiet star: Because the star it orbits is magnetically quiet, the researchers were able to isolate the particular radio signal.<\/p>\n<p>First confirmation: This marks the first time a radio signal has been confirmed as coming from a single planet rather than an entire system.<\/p>\n<p>Habitable worlds: Understanding planetary magnetic fields is crucial in the search for habitable worlds because they protect atmospheres from stellar winds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/radio-signals.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's impression of radio signals in deep space. Credit: Credit: Rytis Bernotas\" class=\"wp-image-193574\"\/>Credit: Rytis Bernotas \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get the key facts about this news story in our 1-minute read Radio emissions: Researchers have captured direct&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-913265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}