A Planet 63 Light-Years Away Appears To Have Northern Lights. A Telescope In South Africa Picked Up Their Radio Signal - Futura, le média qui explore le monde

Astronomers using a telescope in South Africa have picked up radio waves from an exoplanet 63 light-years away. The signal, likely from auroras, points to a magnetic field like Earth’s. This marks the first confirmed radio detection of an exoplanet’s magnetosphere. The planet orbits YZ Ceti, a red dwarf in the constellation Reticulum.

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