Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Scientists have detected radio waves from an exoplanet for the first time, offering possible evidence of an aurora and a powerful magnetic field on a world beyond the solar system, according to Science News.

The radio signals came from Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant orbiting a young star about 63 light-years away.

Using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, researchers were able to trace the signals to the planet rather than its host star, per cited in the report. That distinction has been a major challenge in previous attempts to detect radio waves from exoplanets.

"Auroras are the source of Earth's northern lights" and are produced when charged particles interact with a planet's magnetic field. Those particles...