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South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe

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What backs it

The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa detected the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever recorded, located in a merging galaxy over 8 billion light-years away, marking a breakthrough in radio astronomy capability and early universe observation.

What it doesn’t mean

This does not prove the existence of life or explain the ultimate origins of the universe, only extends our observational reach into ancient cosmic structures.

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