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Latest Space Breaking News: MeerKAT discovers record-breaking cosmic laser halfway across the universe
Link:
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-meerkat-cosmic-laser-halfway-universe.htmlSummary: 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.
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2026-03-02 15:16:16 UTCEvent JSON
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