Tag: Lasers

How Artemis II livestreamed hi-def videos and images from the moon to Earth

This April, humanity had front-row seats to space as the Artemis II Orion spacecraft transmitted crystal-clear footage of its historic journey around the moon over more than 250,000 miles back to Earth at speeds on par with those of home internet connections.  The livestreaming of high-definition videos and high-resolution photos of the moon and Earth […]

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Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies

MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that’s faster and higher-resolution than existing technology. They discovered that, under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused “pencil beam.” Using this self-organized pencil beam, the researchers captured 3D images […]

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Lincoln Laboratory laser communications terminal launches on historic Artemis II moon mission

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon’s surface — a momentous engineering and science feat marked by his iconic words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Now, NASA is making history again. With the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission yesterday, four astronauts are set to become the first […]

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