VLA detects possible extrasolar planetary-mass magnetic powerhouse
Friday, August 3, 2018 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have made the first radio-telescope detection of a planetary-mass object beyond our Solar System. The object, about a dozen times more massive than Jupiter, is a surprisingly strong magnetic powerhouse and a "rogue," traveling through space unaccompanied by any parent star.