FOR THE FIRST TIME, PLANETS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN ANOTHER GALAXY!

Описание: Astrophysicists have discovered new planets, outside our Milky Way galaxy for the first time.

The incredible discovery was made possible, using a technique known as microlensing, which allowed researchers to spot objects in extragalactic galaxies, that r too far to be observed directly.

The findings suggest there may be roughly 2000 planets ranging from moon to Jupiter mass per main-sequence star.

Astrophysicists at the University of Oklahoma used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to find the new planets.

Before this, they say no evidence of planets in other galaxies had ever been detected.

The researchers relied on a technique called microlensing, which uses the distortions of light from a background source much like a magnifying glass to see distant objects.

Xinyu Dai, professor in the Homer L Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomysaid that, ‘they r very excited about this discovery,’.

and he also said that, ‘This is the first time anyone has discovered planets outside our galaxy. 

'These small planets r the best candidate for the signature they observed in this study using the microlensing technique.

‘the scientists analyzed the high frequency of the signature by modelling the data to determine the mass.

Until now, microlensing has only been used to detect planets in the Milky Way, according to the researchers.

With quasar microlensing, they say it’s possible to see extragalactic planets inside the lens galaxy, based on the properties of emission near the event horizon of the supermassive black hole of the background quasar.

‘This galaxy is located 3.8 billion light years away, and there is not the slightlest chance of observing these planets directly, not even with the best telescope one can imagine in a science fiction scenario.

‘However, the scientists r able to study them, unveil their presence and even have an idea of their masses. #Trendingrainbow