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American researchers have detected a new planet 28 million light years away. “Life could develop there too,” says a German researcher.
Cambridge – M51-ULS-1. This is the name of the planet that will forever have a place in the history books of space exploration. It is the first ever to be detected outside of our galaxy. The sensational find is 28 million light years away and part of the so-called “whirlpool” galaxy. That is why man will never reach him.
M51-ULS-1 was discovered using high-tech X-ray telescopes by a top-class research team led by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the USA. Previously observed light effects led the scientists from America to the find. But there is a problem. Seeing M51-ULS-1 again will be difficult.
First planet discovered in another galaxy – but its confirmation will be difficult
Nia Imara of the University of California explains Focus Online: “To confirm that we are seeing a planet, we would have to wait decades for it to come back. And since we don’t know exactly how long a rotation takes, we don’t even know when exactly to look. “
Nevertheless, the researchers are certain that they have discovered the first planet outside our galaxy. They rule out other explanations for the lighting effects – almost. “We know that we are making an exciting and courageous thesis here. We hope that other astronomers will take a very close look at our results, ”says Julia Berndtsson of Princeton University.
New planet discovered in “Whirlpool” galaxy – researcher explains how unique this is
The high-ranking German planetary geologist Ulrich Köhler from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) explains how unique the supposed find is image: So far we have only been able to discover new planets in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, now 4,000 among the approximately 200 billion stars. But it has always been assumed that there are planets in other galaxies as well. “But you could never find it.”
According to Focus Online international astrology is now exploring a total of 238 galaxies – the distances are unimaginably great. Our neighboring galaxy Alpha Centauri alone is four light years away, explains Köhler image. That’s around 40 trillion kilometers. All other galaxies – there are supposed to be billions of them – are much further away. “Life could develop there too. However, they will never be accessible to humans because the drive systems are not sufficient for that, “says Köhler. (yo)
List of rubric lists: © X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO / R. DiStefano, et al .; Optical: NASA / ESA / STScI / Grendler
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