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ππ»ββοΈ ICYMI: βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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ππ»ββοΈ ICYMI: βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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ππ»ββοΈ ICYMI: βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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ππ»ββοΈ ICYMI: βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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ππ»ββοΈ ICYMI: βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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Measuring the Blur: Because the telescope "knows" exactly what that laser star should look like (a perfect point of light), it can measure how the atmosphere is currently distorting it.
The Shape-Shifting Mirror: This data is sent to a deformable mirror inside the telescope. This mirror has hundreds of tiny actuators behind it that adjust its shape thousands of times per second to perfectly cancel out the atmospheric turbulence.
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How the "tuning" works:The VLT uses a technology called Adaptive Optics to fix this in real-time:
Creating the Reference: The lasers are fired 90 kilometers up into a layer of the atmosphere rich in sodium atoms. The laser light excites these atoms, making them glow and creating an "artificial star" exactly where the telescope is looking.
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You can think of those lasers as the "tuning fork" for the telescope's optical system.
Even in a place as clear as the Atacama, our atmosphere isn't perfectly still. Pockets of warm and cool air act like moving lenses, bending light and causing that "twinkling" effect we see in stars. While it's pretty for us, itβs a nightmare for astronomers because it blurs the fine details of distant galaxies.
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βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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βοΈπ§ #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.
Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.
π Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video
#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/949858/ Scientists Create βQuantum Soundβ Device That Works Near Absolute Zero #CondensedMatter #lasers #MaterialsScience #McGillUniversity #Nanotechnology #Physics #QuantumPhysics #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Scientists Create βQuantum Soundβ Device That Works Near Absolute Zero
A new ultra-cold device developed at McGill University can generate controlled sound-like quantum vibrations known as phonons. Theβ¦
#NewsBeep #News #Physics #CA #Canada #CondensedMatter #Lasers #MaterialsScience #McGillUniversity #Nanotechnology #Quantumphysics #Science
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Scientists Create βQuantum Soundβ Device That Works Near Absolute Zero
A new ultra-cold device developed at McGill University can generate controlled sound-like quantum vibrations known as phonons. Theβ¦
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #CondensedMatter #lasers #MaterialsScience #McGillUniversity #Nanotechnology #QuantumPhysics #Science
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Scientists Create βQuantum Soundβ Device That Works Near Absolute Zero
A new ultra-cold device developed at McGill University can generate controlled sound-like quantum vibrations known as phonons. Theβ¦
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #CondensedMatter #lasers #MaterialsScience #McGillUniversity #Nanotechnology #QuantumPhysics #Science
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/477018/ Scientists Create βQuantum Soundβ Device That Works Near Absolute Zero #CondensedMatter #Γire #IE #Ireland #Lasers #MaterialsScience #McGillUniversity #Nanotechnology #QuantumPhysics #Technology
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The Day the (SFX) Circus Came
Lancashire-based live effects wizards BPM SFX recently brought the heat to campus. With an incendiary portfolio including work with Sleep Token, Sum 41, and Oasis, they filled Studio 001 with stage-tech toys of varying lethality.
The session gave (sensibly supervised) students a chance to play with professional kit that ran the gamut from innocuous confetti and bubble machines through to lasers, flamers, pyrotechnics, and sparklers β although it was the hand-held flamethrower that demanded the most interaction.
Loving the smell of accelerants in the afternoon, I rolled up to try my hand at conflagration and take some photos and video in the process. With only my phone camera to hand, I noted a lot of shots with the default app were over-exposed, supersaturated and unusable. Switching to the Blackmagic Camera app for greater control, I was able to adjust ISO and increase shutter speed to better capture the experience β and thankfully record in landscape despite holding the phone vertically. The end result being a short little video to commemorate the day, even if YouTubeβs compression fails to preserve the HDR intricacy of the original laser spread.
The soundtrack forms an early work-in-progress teaser of future Trismegistus Hex material. A cheeky, if not outright blatant homage to horror movie maestro John Carpenter, but likely to change substantially in the final cut.
We donβt normally get access to such gear during the course of our studies, so it was great to get hands-on and, for some students, spark new career possibilities.
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π¨π¬ Wow, #NIST has learned to make #lasers in any colorβguess they've finally caught up with my 90s #rave lights! πβ¨ Meanwhile, the geniuses at .gov are still figuring out how to secure a #website. #Priorities #ScienceComedy
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/04/any-color-you-nist-scientists-create-any-wavelength-lasers-tiny-circuits #Colorful #Science #Innovation #Lights #Security #HackerNews #ngated -
π¨π¬ Wow, #NIST has learned to make #lasers in any colorβguess they've finally caught up with my 90s #rave lights! πβ¨ Meanwhile, the geniuses at .gov are still figuring out how to secure a #website. #Priorities #ScienceComedy
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/04/any-color-you-nist-scientists-create-any-wavelength-lasers-tiny-circuits #Colorful #Science #Innovation #Lights #Security #HackerNews #ngated -
Any Color You Like: NIST Scientists Create 'Any Wavelength' Lasers
#HackerNews #NIST #Lasers #AnyWavelength #Technology #Innovation #Science
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https://www.europesays.com/people/7118/ Trumpβs 2027 budget request includes more than $65B for Navy shipbuilding #2027Budget #AdmDarylCaudle #ArtificialIntelligence(ai) #battleship #CounterDrone #CounterUas #DonaldTrump #drone #Drones #Fy27DefenseBudget #GenaiMil #GenerativeAI #GoldenFleet #HypersonicMissile #lasers #navy #omb #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #shipbuilding #uas #UnmannedAerialSystems #UnmannedSystems
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πβ¨ Oh, look! We're firing #lasers at the #moon to stream ultra-HD #selfies. Clearly, the dream of watching rocks in 4K while sipping your overpriced coffee is finally here. Meanwhile, 'advanced' Earthlings still buffer Netflix at peak hours. π‘π₯οΈ
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/artemis-ii-will-use-laser-beams-to-live-stream-4k-moon-footage-one-giant-step-beyond-the-s-band-radio-comms-of-the-apollo-era #ultraHD #technology #streaming #HackerNews #ngated -
GET LOCKHEED-MARTIN ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1931666/get-lockheed-martin-on-the-phone-right-now
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Space Development Agency (SDA) cops to issues with scaling its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The agency is grappling with a 2-3 month schedule slip. Core issues include:
Satellite Contact Failures: SDA and its vendors have struggled with the on-orbit checkout process β aka an inability to establish contact with one of its satellites launched in late 2025.
Component Scarcity: Sustained shortages of optical communications terminals (OCTs) and encryption devices continue to serve as the βcritical pathβ for all vendors.
Launch Schedule Pressure: The next scheduled mission, T1TL-A, is ~ 4 months behind schedule due to the 45-day government shutdown, a launch rocket tech glitz, and issues with onboard software for satellites. https://satnews.com/2026/03/08/space-development-agency-faces-growing-pains-as-pwsa-scaling-hits-chokepoints/
Read my TechAptitude post on the PWSA program here: https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/us-space-forces-laser-mesh-network
#SDA #Space #PWSA #Lasers #OpticalNetworks #Satellites #USSpaceForce #SpaceCraft #DoD #TechAptitude
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An interesting short #documentary about some #independent #researchers experimenting with #DMT and #lasers to see if we can perceive "source code" and prove that we live in a #simulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLTLIGDZp8
Sure their methods are a bit muddled, the subjects primed to have a certain experience, but I'd like to see where this goes.
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An interesting short #documentary about some #independent #researchers experimenting with #DMT and #lasers to see if we can perceive "source code" and prove that we live in a #simulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLTLIGDZp8
Sure their methods are a bit muddled, the subjects primed to have a certain experience, but I'd like to see where this goes.
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An interesting short #documentary about some #independent #researchers experimenting with #DMT and #lasers to see if we can perceive "source code" and prove that we live in a #simulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLTLIGDZp8
Sure their methods are a bit muddled, the subjects primed to have a certain experience, but I'd like to see where this goes.
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An interesting short #documentary about some #independent #researchers experimenting with #DMT and #lasers to see if we can perceive "source code" and prove that we live in a #simulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLTLIGDZp8
Sure their methods are a bit muddled, the subjects primed to have a certain experience, but I'd like to see where this goes.
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An interesting short #documentary about some #independent #researchers experimenting with #DMT and #lasers to see if we can perceive "source code" and prove that we live in a #simulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLTLIGDZp8
Sure their methods are a bit muddled, the subjects primed to have a certain experience, but I'd like to see where this goes.
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Laserβs in Space!
The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) is building the next generation optical/laser based mesh network across hundreds of satellites in low earth orbit to provide highly secure low-latency communications and missile defense.
Check out the latest post in the TechApitude newsletter! https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/us-space-forces-laser-mesh-network #Space #TechAptitude #Satellites #SpaceCraft #SDA #DoD #PWSA #Optical #OpticalCommunications #MeshNetwork #Communications #Lasers
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#Inertia, co-founded by ex-Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson, raised $450M to build one of the world's most powerful #lasers for a grid-scale #fusionpowerplant targeting 2030 construction. The startup uses inertial confinement fusion technology from Lawrence Livermore's NIF. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/twilio-co-founders-fusion-power-startup-raises-450m-from-bessemer-and-alphabets-gv/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Fantastic news. Now MTG has free time and can take over management of Secret Jewish Space Lasers:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5619421-crockett-greene-congress-resignation/
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Russian spy ship Yantar targets RAF #pilots with #lasers
For 1st time, #Russian spy ship #Yantar used lasers against Royal Air Force pilots who were tracking it near UK waters
He said he ship entered #UK waters for the second time this year in recent weeks and was located north of #Scotland when the incident occurred.
Healey called the incident a deeply βdangerous moveβ that would be taken seriously.
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Friday, November 21, 2025
Russia will test NATO's Article 5 soon, top Swedish general warns -- New US "peace plan" pushes capitulation with Russia; here's what we know so far -- Why I wonβt encourage my Ukrainian child to speak Russian -- Russian spy ship Yantar targets RAF pilots with lasers near U.K. waters, London says ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-21-2025/
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"[Researchers] developed a system that uses multiple laser beams to illuminate a distant target and uses a pair of small telescopes to collect the reflected light. The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km, a 14-fold improvement in spatial resolution compared with a single telescope."
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"[Researchers] developed a system that uses multiple laser beams to illuminate a distant target and uses a pair of small telescopes to collect the reflected light. The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km, a 14-fold improvement in spatial resolution compared with a single telescope."
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"[Researchers] developed a system that uses multiple laser beams to illuminate a distant target and uses a pair of small telescopes to collect the reflected light. The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km, a 14-fold improvement in spatial resolution compared with a single telescope."
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"[Researchers] developed a system that uses multiple laser beams to illuminate a distant target and uses a pair of small telescopes to collect the reflected light. The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km, a 14-fold improvement in spatial resolution compared with a single telescope."
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Modern #lasers come in various shapes and sizes, far from the high-school picture of a gain medium between two mirrors. We fabricate a spider web-shaped semiconductor laser, smaller than the width of a human hair. It can output light at different colours, and is very sensitive to pumping parts of the network. Such lasers are promising for integration in photonic chips. We are currently teaching such lasers to do #ImageRecognition !
Read the paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lpor.202400623
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How did we achieve nuclear fusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about human-made thermonuclear fusion, the worldβs most powerful lasers, and harnessing nuclear power with operations manager of The National Ignition Facility at Laβ¦
How They Did It: Fusion Ignition with NIF Laser Scientist -
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