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15Nov

Laser Experiment Shows Light Casting its Own Shadow

The shadow of a laser beam can be seen as the small dark line across the blue lightR. A. Abrahao, H. P. N. Morin, J. T. R. Pagé, A. Safari, R. W. Boyd, J. S. LundeenA new experiment has demonstrated something seemingly impossible: light casting its own shadow. When a laser is manipulated in...

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20Nov

Earth Receives Laser Message from 16 Million Kilometers Away

Psyche Probe's Deep Space Optical Communications Sets Record for Distant Laser Data Transmission. Credit: ProleR/ShutterstockIn a groundbreaking achievement, a deep space experiment conducted aboard NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully transmitted a laser message to Earth from a location surpassing the Moon's distance for the first time. The achievement by the Deep Space Optical Communications...

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