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Incredible photos show lasers shooting into space
The four laser beams excite sodium atoms in the atmosphere to make for better cosmic observations. The post Incredible photos ...
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Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath star trails: Space photo of the day
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the ...
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Beam me to the stars: Scientists propose wild new interstellar travel tech
The fundamental challenge in reaching a different star system ... told Space.com. "Energy is power [multiplied by] time — so to get a given amount of energy from a beam, you either need very ...
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A startup is developing a 100-gigawatt laser to propel a probe to another star system. That may be powerful enough to 'ignite an entire city.'
An initiative called Breakthrough Starshot wants to explore another star system using ultra ... That's because shooting a 1-gigawatt laser into space is not only bright, but could damage passing ...