The Death Star from “Star Wars” would shoot a large focused laser beam composed of smaller beams, much like the new microwave technology developed in China. ©Walt Disney Co./courtesy Everett ...

Like the Death Star’s laser, the AN/SEQ-3 is powerful, but it offers no green lasers. ... The whole firing sequence is, of course, not as fantastical as the original.

To create the weapon system, laser-ranging auxiliary positioning devices were installed on the transmitting vehicles to obtain the exact coordinates down to the last millimeter. The firing ...

‘Death Star’ lasers reveal the secret battle going on at the heart of the Ant Nebula. THERE’s a battle going on out among the stars. Lasers have been flickering amid the ruins of a hugs nebula.

A Death Star is born. “These Death Star black holes are swiveling around and pointing at new targets, like the fictional space station in Star Wars,” said study leader Francesco Ubertosi of ...

Move over Death Star, there's a new laser-toting installation in town, and this one will give astronomers a better view of galaxies far, far away. These spectacular views of lasers firing up into ...

Chinese scientists claim to have developed an advanced directed-energy weapon similar to the Death Star in Star Wars, capable of focusing multiple microwave beams onto a single target. China has ...

Astronomers have discovered supermassive black holes, dubbed "Death Star black holes." These holes produce powerful plasma beams that change direction, similar to the fictional Death Star in 'Star ...

China's new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic waves to make one large focused laser beam — much like the planet-destroying Death Star from "Star Wars." ...

This video showcases a "scientifically accurate" version of the Death Star's superlaser, which is less cinematic, but more realistic. The post Behold, the Death Star with a Scientifically Accurate ...