https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/meerkat/ The latest Flip News stories on meerkat. en-GB Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:33:00 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/science/beta-pictoris-b-radio-signals-exoplanet/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/beta-pictoris-b-radio-signals-exoplanet/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Astronomers using South Africa's MeerKAT array have detected auroral radio bursts from the gas giant Beta Pictoris b, 64 light-years away — the first radio emission unambiguously traced to an exoplanet, and the first measurement of an exoplanet's magnetic field. Sarah Whitfield exoplanet beta pictoris b radio signals astronomy harvard meerkat auroras Phys.org