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First radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly auroras

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For the first time, scientists have detected radio waves from an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant with a magnetic field thousands of times stronger than Earth's, suggesting the planet may host auroras.

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