Space sensation: first planet discovered in another galaxy - researchers beside themselves

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 told

: “To confirm that we were 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. "

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For laypeople, the sensational find does not differ from the other points of light - but it does for researchers.

© X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO / R.

DiStefano, et al .;

Optical: NASA / ESA / STScI / Grendler

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

How unique the supposed Fund, the high-ranking German Planet geologist Ulrich Köhler declared by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with

: So far we have only in our own galaxy, to explore the Milky Way, new planets, meanwhile, 4000 among some 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

, international space research is now exploring a total of 238 galaxies - the distances are unimaginably great.

Only our neighboring galaxy, even Alpha Centauri galaxy called, is four light years away, Kohler explained the

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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, "says Köhler.

List of rubric lists: © X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO / R.

DiStefano, et al .;

Optical: NASA / ESA / STScI / Grendler