Date: 31/12/2016 10:16:10
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1003904
Subject: Hubble gazes at a cosmic megamaser
Hubble gazes at a cosmic megamaser
This galaxy has a far more exciting and futuristic classification than most—it hosts a megamaser. Megamasers are intensely bright, around 100 million times brighter than the masers found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The entire galaxy essentially acts as an astronomical laser that beams out microwave emission rather than visible light (hence the ‘m’ replacing the ‘l’).
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Date: 1/01/2017 14:57:24
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1004360
Subject: re: Hubble gazes at a cosmic megamaser
Tau.Neutrino said:
Hubble gazes at a cosmic megamaser
This galaxy has a far more exciting and futuristic classification than most—it hosts a megamaser. Megamasers are intensely bright, around 100 million times brighter than the masers found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The entire galaxy essentially acts as an astronomical laser that beams out microwave emission rather than visible light (hence the ‘m’ replacing the ‘l’).
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That’s new.