{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Paul Talks Science Podcast","provider_url":"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog","author_name":"Paul Adepoju, PhD","author_url":"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/author\/adepojupaul\/","title":"A Cosmic Laser from Eight Billion Years Ago - Paul Talks Science Podcast","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BtwwDEBMXZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/a-cosmic-laser-from-eight-billion-years-ago\/\">A Cosmic Laser from Eight Billion Years Ago<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/a-cosmic-laser-from-eight-billion-years-ago\/embed\/#?secret=BtwwDEBMXZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Cosmic Laser from Eight Billion Years Ago&#8221; &#8212; Paul Talks Science Podcast\" data-secret=\"BtwwDEBMXZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-27-2026-01_27_05-AM-1024x576.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":576,"description":"What happens when two galaxies collide? In this episode, science journalist Paul Adepoju speaks with astronomers Thato Manamela and Roger Deane about the discovery of one of the most distant and powerful cosmic lasers \u2014 a gigamaser \u2014 ever detected. Using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, the team identified an extraordinary signal coming from a pair of merging galaxies more than eight billion... Read More"}