Samantha Blau from the Maryland Science Center shows off some cool laser experiments.

Deep inside gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, hydrogen and helium coexist under pressures millions of times greater than ...

Experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) require breathtaking precision. Each ...

We report on the experimental generation of energetic protons exceeding 60 MeV and fully ionised carbon ions exceeding 30 MeV u −1 from relativistically transparent foils, reproduced on two ...

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NASA has completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system, marking a significant advancement in space communication technology. The successful demonstration of two-way laser ...

To advance space exploration towards long-term missions, it will be crucial to use in-space manufacturing (ISM) and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies 1. Given the extreme costs of ...

The properties of dense helium (He) — which happens to be a principal constituent of giant gas planets like Jupiter — at thermodynamic conditions between those of condensed matter and high-temperature ...

The latest dark matter experiment kicks off this week, as physicists aim to identify the universe's most enigmatic particles. Reading time 2 minutes Long tubes, strong magnets, and bright lasers. Is ...

You can gaze upward at night to see a veritable ocean of stars, but the visible parts of the universe are just a fraction of the total. The rest, we think, is dark matter and dark energy, which are by ...

In 1960, Theodore H. Maiman's experiment at Hughes Research Laboratories produced the first laser beam using a ruby crystal ...