Baseline 15 – Space Lasers! How Astronomers use Astrophysical Masers

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Baseline 15 – Space Lasers! How Astronomers use Astrophysical Masers

Baseline 15 – Space Lasers! How Astronomers use Astrophysical Masers

Artificial lasers on Earth are used for everything from scanning grocery items to delicate surgery. But there are also naturally occurring lasers known as astrophysical masers. Join our host Summer Ash of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory as she talks about what these “space lasers” tell astronomers about the universe.

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