🔭 ¿Hemos ESCUCHADO un exoplaneta por primera vez?

Can we hear a planet 64 light-years away? A team of astronomers reports locating radio bursts from Beta Pictoris b, a young gas giant with a magnetic field thousands of times stronger than Earth’s. In this video, we explain how MeerKAT separated the planet’s signal from its star, why the strong circular polarization points to a radio aurora, and how the frequency reveals a magnetic field of at least 1.25 kilogauss. The measurement could open a direct way to study the magnetospheres and interiors of distant worlds. One key caveat: the study was posted on September 15, 2026 as a preprint and still needs peer review and independent observations. We also examine why a magnetic field does not automatically make a planet habitable, what future observations could reveal, and why this signal is not an alien message. ⏳ IN THIS VIDEO: The first localized radio signal from an exoplanet Beta Pictoris b: a young giant 64 light-years away How MeerKAT separated the planet from its star Radio auroras and electrons in a magnetosphere A magnetic field of at least 1.25 kilogauss What powers the auroras of Beta Pictoris b Magnetic fields, atmospheres and habitability What still needs to be confirmed 📚 KEEP EXPLORING: ▶️ LA REALIDAD INVISIBLE: ⚛️ La Realidad Invisible | Podcast de Cien... 🚀 @cienciasdelaciencia 📸 Instagram: Instagram: jjpriegotv 𝕏 Twitter: Twitter: jjpriegotv 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@jjpriegotv 📺 Historias de la Historia: @historiasdelahistoriatv 📺 Fundación Palarq: fundaci%c3%b3npalarq 🔬 SOURCES: Ortiz Ceballos, K. N., Berger, E., & Cendes, Y. (2026). Discovery of radio emission from the exoplanet β Pictoris b. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16720 Zhou, Y., et al. (2026). Photometric variability and rotation of Beta Pictoris b from JWST NIRCam coronagraphic imaging. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13133 Zarka, P. (1998). Auroral radio emissions at the outer planets: Observations and theories. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 103(E9), 20159–20194. https://doi.org/10.1029/98JE01323 Baumjohann, W., & Treumann, R. A. (2022). Auroral kilometric radiation—The electron cyclotron maser paradigm. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, 1053303. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.10... Shiohira, Y., et al. (2024). A search for auroral radio emission from Beta Pictoris b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.15176 South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. Telescopes and instruments: MeerKAT. https://www.sarao.ac.za/about/telesco... NASA NSSDC. Jupiter fact sheet. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary... #Exoplanet #BetaPictorisB #Astronomy