The Exoplanet Discovered That Originated From Another Galaxy

Some extrasolar planets truly are from out of this world...for the first time, astronomers have discovered a planet in the Milky Way that's believed to have came from another galaxy. The planet orbits an elderly star that was ripped from a small satellite galaxy some 6-9 billion years ago. HIP 13044 is about 2,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Formax. It is a part of a stream of stars called "Helmi" that are believed to have originated in another galaxy, entirely apart from our own.

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