To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...

The Iron Dome has a success rate of about 90 percent against incoming rockets. Iron Beam will attempt to close the remaining ...

The new tool takes a full picture of laser pulses in one go. It helps scientists fix problems fast in fusion and other energy ...

The laser beams enough power to disable drones and cut through several kinds of materials from over 0.62 miles (1 km) away.

A team of engineers from Rice University have developed a flexible octopus-like robot arm that is controlled by laser beams.

The beam isn’t just powerful—it’s quite large. At its biggest, the laser pulse is one foot (0.3 meters) across and several feet long, according to the Michigan release.

Jeremy Fenton, laser technician for Illuminate, adjusts lasers projected onto City Hall during the City of Awe laser show in celebration of San Francisco’s 175th anniversary in San Francisco on ...