“Such a system is indeed extraordinary,” said Dr. Thato Manamela. We are witnessing radio equivalent of a laser half way through the universe. The “laser” under discussion is not a beam of lightsaber ...

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A razor-thin spike of radio light, tuned to a wavelength of about 18 centimeters, just traveled more than 8 billion light-years and still arrived loud enough to stand out in MeerKAT’s data. That ...

A lucky alignment of galaxies allowed researchers to identify the most powerful and distant "space laser" ever found.

Astronomers have identified the most powerful and distant microwave laser, or maser, ever observed, originating from two ...