Planets far beyond our galaxy discovered for the first time by astrophysicists

Microlens observations are amazingly cool. For just a brief moment we have a window open to a part of the universe we will likely never see again.

The Independent links to the original paper, at http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fb/m... , titled "Probing Planets in Extragalactic Galaxies Using Quasar Microlensing", and behind a paywall.