Tag Archives: Lasers

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX is supplying optical terminals to Muon Space, the four-year-old Californian manufacturer said Oct. 21, enabling its future Halo satellites to use the Starlink broadband constellation as a global data-relay network. The “mini laser” terminals would link Halo satellites into Starlink’s growing mesh of optical crosslinks in low Earth orbit (LEO), providing up to 25 gigabits per …

Lasers have confirmed the big driver behind today’s rapidly rising sea levels. A new study reports that global mean sea level (GMSL) has climbed about 3.5 inches since 1993. What’s even more concerning is that the pace has increased dramatically in the last two decades. Roughly 60 percent of the rise coming from added water mass, and more …

May the force be with them: Turkey growers turn to lasers to ward off bird flu  MPR News Lasers provide some bird flu protection for turkey producers in Minnesota  NPR HPAI detections slow, but fall migration increases risks  texasfarmbureau.org MDARD – Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Allegan County Flock  State of Michigan (.gov) Bird Flu-Related Killing of 400,000 Turkeys Prompts PETA Memorial, Call …

When the Mendocino earthquake ruptured off the California coast in 2024, it shook houses off their foundations, sent a 3-inch tsunami racing toward shore and touched off a fascinating science experiment — in the server room of a local police station, of all places. More than two years before the quake, scientists installed a device called a “distributed acoustic sensing …

“Europe Fires Death Lasers At Space”: ESA Builds Mountain-Top Weapons While 12,000 Satellites Risk Chain-Reaction Apocalypse Forever  Rude Baguette Source link

Researchers in China have opened a new window into the deep past by blasting dinosaur eggs with a laser, dating them directly for the first time. A micro-laser was used to vaporize small portions of an eggshell, which released a cloud of radioactive uranium atoms. Since uranium decays into lead at a known, steady rate, researchers could ascertain the eggs’ …

In 2022, scientists at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had a historic scientific breakthrough when they managed to achieve fusion “ignition” for the very first time. The process involved firing 192 extremely powerful lasers at a tiny capsule containing fusion fuel. Once the lasers entered it, the result was a 3-million-degree oven that heated the capsule until it imploded, thus …

Stations on planet Earth have sent and received messages beamed via laser from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft over 350 million kilometers (218 million miles) away. This breakthrough in optical communication shows that NASA is laying the groundwork for high-speed data links for future human missions to Mars. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology has recently demonstrated that data encoded in lasers …

Final tests of NASA’s laser beam communication technology offer a promising new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space, including future missions to Mars. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment, a technology demonstration carried aboard the Psyche mission, has completed its 65th and final test, successfully exchanging laser signals across 218 million miles …

Photo Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory In 2022, scientists at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had a historic scientific breakthrough when they managed to achieve fusion “ignition” for the very first time.  The process involved firing 192 extremely powerful lasers at a tiny capsule containing fusion fuel. Once the lasers entered it, the result was a 3-million-degree oven that heated …