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Texas A&M Demonstrates Laser-Driven Metajets for 3D Light Propulsion

The work shows light can be engineered to push and steer objects, suggesting a path to propulsion without onboard fuel.

MIT Team Coaxes Chaotic Fiber Laser Into ‘Pencil Beam’ for Fast 3D Brain-Barrier Imaging

Plasma ‘Mirror’ Breakthrough Points to Record Lab Light Intensities

New 3D Gaussian Splatting Papers Advance Tracking, Expose Adversarial Weaknesses

Spain Gears Up for 2026 Total Eclipse Ahead of 2027’s Longest Land Totality

Spain Unveils Official Portal and Local Programs for 2026–2028 Eclipse Trio

MIT Unveils ‘Photonic Ski Jumps’ That Launch Thousands of Laser Beams From a Chip

NASA Timelapse, Rare Blue Band Define Afterglow of 2026 ‘Blood Moon’

All-Optical AI Advances With Ultrafast Activation and Photonic Spiking Reinforcement Learning

Europe and China Demonstrate Gigabit Laser Links to High Orbit, With China Holding a Three‑Hour Connection

March 3 Total Lunar Eclipse Turns Moon Red Across Wide Swath of the Globe

Total Lunar Eclipse Tints Moon Red Over Parts of Japan as Clouds Block Much of the Country

Total Lunar Eclipse Paints ‘Blood Moon’ Over Pacific Skies Today

March 3 Total Lunar Eclipse Leaves Brazil With Only Early Phases

Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight Favors Pacific, East Asia and Western North America

Total Lunar Eclipse on March 3 Will Paint a ‘Blood Moon’ Over Asia, the Pacific and the Americas

Total Lunar Eclipse on March 3 Will Paint the Moon Red, With Limited Views in Brazil

Microsoft Research Publishes Glass Storage Prototype Aiming to Preserve Data for Millennia

Light-Based Sensor Detects Cancer Biomarkers in Blood at Sub-Attomolar Levels

Navy Confirms USS Preble’s Laser Downed Four Drones in At-Sea Test