Powerful Cosmic ‘Space Laser’ Detected from Colliding Galaxies

Brief By CNBCTV18 / 10:59 AM on 15 Apr 2026

Scientists have detected the most distant and powerful cosmic signal, dubbed a “space laser,” technically a hydroxyl megamaser, originating from colliding galaxies around eight billion light-years away. Amplified by gravitational lensing, the signal was captured using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, offering rare insights into early universe conditions and galactic evolution processes.