Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Astronomers May Have Discovered the 1st Planet Outside of Our Galaxy
October 26, 2021
October 26, 2021
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 26 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021:
Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, opens up a new window to search for exoplanets at greater distances than ever before.
The possible exoplanet candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 . . .
Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, opens up a new window to search for exoplanets at greater distances than ever before.
The possible exoplanet candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 . . .