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First planet outside Milky Way Galaxy detected

26/10/2021 01:16 PM | Click to read full article

Astronomers have detected the first planet not just beyond the solar system but beyond the entire stretch of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is the first time that signs of a planet transiting a star beyond the Milky Way galaxy have been detected.

The unique discovery was led by Nasa’s Chandra X-ray Observatory that has peaked into the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also called the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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