Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

Researchers using custom fabricated nanostructures that 'trap' light have created a new exotic state of matter with light at room temperature ...

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These findings suggest that the absence of past detections does not mean discovery is imminent. If extraterrestrial ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have succeeded in detecting laser-assisted electron scattering (LAES) using circularly polarized light for the first time. The use of circularly ...

Hansjürgen Köhler has been a volunteer UFO hunter for more than 50 years. He sees his work as scientific investigation, but ...

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a ...

New Delhi: From weddings, concerts to nightclub dance floors, laser lights have become almost impossible to escape. What was once a novelty is now a default element of celebration, expected and even ...

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A megamaser acts as an astronomical laser that beams out microwave emission rather than visible light. Astronomers have discovered a powerful "cosmic laser" more than 8 billion light-years away using ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For three nights, 50 blocks of Central Avenue in St. Pete will be illuminated with a rainbow of laser lights. The lights will project off the roof of the Mari Jean Hotel and end ...