Gigamaser: The Universe’s Brightest Microwave Laser Detected in Deep Space
TL;DR
Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope spotted an extremely bright hydroxyl maser in the distant galaxy merger H-ATLAS J142935.3–002836, whose signal was amplified by an unrelated foreground galaxy acting as a gravitational lens, yielding the first gigamaser—about 100,000 times the luminosity of a star—and enabling new ways to probe cosmic evolution from billions of light-years away.
Topics:sciencespace-and-spaceflight#galaxy-merger#gigamaser#gravitational-lensing#maser#radio-astronomy#space-and-spaceflight
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