Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy
The planet appears to orbit a massive star circling a dead star in the Whirlpool galaxy
![image of the Whirlpool galaxy](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/102221_lg_exoplanet_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The spiral-shaped Whirlpool galaxy may be the host of the first planet spotted outside of the Milky Way.
S. Beckwith/STScI, the Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA, NASA, ESA