Figure out how to use giant freakin’ lasers to create limitless fusion energy that can free us from fossil fuels and steer the planet away from climate change. Today, with energy costs (and climate ...

Israel’s Iron Beam (aka Or Eitan) laser air-defense system is fully operational. On December 28–30, 2025, the first ...

Despite sounding like something out of pulpy '50s sci-fi, 'space lasers' are real – and astrophysicists have now spotted the ...

MeerKAT telescope discovers most powerful space laser ever found, detecting a hydroxyl gigamaser 8 billion light-years away using gravitational lensing.

The U.S. Army is accelerating its deployment of directed-energy weapons designed to burn incoming rockets, drones, and ...

Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry ...

NASA's upcoming EDGE satellite mission, led by UC San Diego, uses lasers to deliver unprecedented 3D mapping of Earth.

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration plan to test a high-energy laser designed to destroy rogue drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on March 6, 2026.

The U.S. Navy has deployed the HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance) during Operation ...

The University of Michigan’s ZEUS is now the country’s most powerful with pulses lasting just 25 quintillionths of a second. The University of Michigan’s ZEUS is now the country’s most powerful with ...

In-demand lasers and microwave weapons kill drones by using either burning hot beams or electromagnetic force fields.