Well Nasa have some information regarding a possibility planet just about 28 million light-years away from Earth.
They have managed to located it through NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory which means will opens up a new window to search for exoplanets at greater distances than ever before.
Quick FACT:
Extra-Galactic Planet?
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 (“Whirlpool”) galaxy, potentially representing what would be the first planet seen to transit a star outside of the Milky Way. Researchers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to detect the dimming of X-rays from an “X-ray binary,” a system where a Sun-like star is in orbit around a neutron star or black hole.
If it’s a probability, most humans will ask how long will take to get there?
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More data is needed to verify the discover, however, its large orbit means it will not repeat the transit for another 70 years.
“Unfortunately to confirm that we’re seeing a planet we would likely have to wait decades to see another transit,” said co-author Nia Imara of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
“And because of the uncertainties about how long it takes to orbit, we wouldn’t know exactly when to look.”
NASA said if the planet does exist it “likely had a tumultuous history and violent past” as it currently orbits a neutron star or black hole with a companion star roughly 20 times that of the Sun.
Nasa added: “An exoplanet in the system would have had to survive a supernova explosion that created the neutron star or black hole.
“The future may also be dangerous. At some point, the companion star could also explode as a supernova and blast the planet once again with extremely high levels of radiation.”
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Sources: nasa.gov
Pictures: https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2021/m51/