Astronomers detect a laser-like signal coming from colliding galaxies 8 billion light-years away. A cosmic mystery.

High-energy lasers can burn drones in the sky like a blowtorch. But they can be stymied by weather, and making them at scale will be a challenge.

MIT researchers built a photonic chip that launches thousands of laser beams into free space, enabling scalable quantum control.

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In a discovery that astronomers are calling a “truly extraordinary” find, a powerful "space laser" mega-beam has been ...

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A truck driver arrested Wednesday for allegedly running a red light and causing a fatal crash in Indiana is an illegal alien from India, multiple federal law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News.

Israeli defence technology firm Rafael is touting the recent battlefield deployment of its Iron Beam air defence system as proof that laser weapons have finally come into their own. The ground-based ...

The invention of tiny devices capable of precisely controlling the direction and behavior of light is essential to the development of advanced technologies. Researchers at the Advanced Science ...

The article explores the idea that the galaxy might not be quiet—but that advanced civilizations could be communicating through an efficient, laser-based “Galactic Internet” that we haven’t yet ...