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MeerKAT discovers record-breaking cosmic laser halfway across the universe

  • March 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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MeerKAT discovers record-breaking cosmic laser halfway across the universe
Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a new radio astronomy frontier.

Originally published at Phys.org

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