When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Variety via Getty Images Do you remember the moment in "Star Wars" when the Death Star ...

China has successfully tested a real-life weapon that evokes the Star Wars Death Star laser. China’s government-imposed secrecy allegedly prevented the project scientists from sharing key details, ...

IN a recent letter 1 under this title, Dr. A. H. Rosenthal describes an optical illusion produced by the rotating beam from a lighthouse. We studied this phenomenon last year 2, and we think that both ...

The research, published in Laser and Photonics Reviews demonstrates a concept – reminiscent of the Star Wars Death Star sci-fi laser – where the power of multiple laser beams is transferred into a ...

Do you remember the moment in "Star Wars" when the Death Star destroys Alderaan? Eight laser beams converge at a single point to form a super-powered laser that obliterates the planet. It was a ...