Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The 'Death Star' space laser powerful enough to create an artificial star in the sky

The 'Death Star' space laser powerful enough to create an artificial star in the sky | Mail Online: "It looks uncannily like a weapon you would expect to find on Darth Vader's Death Star - and is so powerful it can create an artificial star.

Prepare to fire: The new PARLA laser in operation at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile

However, rather than being operated by Stormtroopers, the laser is used to help astronomers tune a giant telescope in the Chilean desert. Called Parla, it is used to generate an artificial star about 90 kilometres up in the atmosphere."

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