Post by Daniel on Feb 3, 2018 9:59:13 GMT -5
China is building a laser 10 trillion times more intense than the Sun that could tear space apart
By Sean Keach, Digital Technology and Science Editor
China is building a mega-laser that's so powerful it could literally tear space apart.
Physicists in Shanghai are constructing what they call a 'Station of Extreme Light', which could be operational as soon as 2023.
The end goal is to create a laser so powerful it can produce 100-petawatt laser pulses –that's 100 million billion watts.
For context, that's 10,000 times the power of all the world's electrical grids combined.
These ludicrously powerful pulses could be targeted at incredible precise spots measuring just three micrometers across – that's 2000 times less than the thickness of a standard pencil.
This means the researchers could achieve a laser intensity 10 trillion trillion times greater than the sunlight striking earth.
According to the Science journal, this laser would be so powerful it "could rip apart empty space".
more
www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/02/01/china-is-building-laser-10-trillion-times-more-intense-than-sun-that-could-tear-space-apart.html
By Sean Keach, Digital Technology and Science Editor
China is building a mega-laser that's so powerful it could literally tear space apart.
Physicists in Shanghai are constructing what they call a 'Station of Extreme Light', which could be operational as soon as 2023.
The end goal is to create a laser so powerful it can produce 100-petawatt laser pulses –that's 100 million billion watts.
For context, that's 10,000 times the power of all the world's electrical grids combined.
These ludicrously powerful pulses could be targeted at incredible precise spots measuring just three micrometers across – that's 2000 times less than the thickness of a standard pencil.
This means the researchers could achieve a laser intensity 10 trillion trillion times greater than the sunlight striking earth.
According to the Science journal, this laser would be so powerful it "could rip apart empty space".
more
www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/02/01/china-is-building-laser-10-trillion-times-more-intense-than-sun-that-could-tear-space-apart.html
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