AIR AND SPACE NASA receives laser beam from 10 million miles away: 'First light' An agency spacecraft sent test data back to the Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in California ...

The claim: Laser tests show bodies of water are level, which proves the Earth is flat Scientists have ample evidence to prove the Earth is a sphere. But some social media users claim to have ...

How the beam came to be The team first made the announcement of the beam on Sept. 16, aka “916 Day,” a celebration of Sacramento’s area code. But the lasers sat dormant during an 0-4 start.

Creating such a powerful laser has taken time, though, and several experiments since the 1990s have failed to control the lightning as scientists hoped. This natural phenomenon has continued to ...

A laser, on the other hand, could reach high in the clouds. "We found that the discharge could follow the beam for nearly 60 meters (196 feet) before reaching the tower," Wolf said, per CNN.

The beam isn’t just powerful—it’s quite large. At its biggest, the laser pulse is one foot (0.3 meters) across and several feet long, according to the Michigan release.

The Iron Beam will be the first of its kind and will add to Israel’s defense system. But based on available information, it’s not clear whether the weapon is ready for use or being used.

More recent research has focused on making laser weapons small and light enough to be used by one person, said the GAO, which visited U.S. military installations and defense contractors as well as ...

Physics ‘Sound laser’ is the most powerful ever made A new device uses a reflective cavity, a tiny bead and an electrode to create a laser beam of sound particles ten times more powerful and ...