Cosmic 'cannibalism' brings new planet to Milky Way - Technology & science - Space - msnbc.com

Astronomers have confirmed the first discovery of an alien planet in our Milky Way that came from another galaxy.
The Jupiterlike planet orbits a star that was born in another galaxy and later captured by our own Milky Way, sometime between 6 billion and 9 billion years ago, researchers said Thursday. A side effect of the galactic cannibalism brought a faraway planet within astronomers' reach for the first time ever.
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