Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

A new study from MIT suggests that the light from a laser could spark the interest from aliens if they exist. The powerful laser would be focused through a telescope aimed toward space. The study's ...

Is the truth about aliens out there? One town wants to find out. A community in Kentucky has come up with an unusual approach to promoting tourism – the world's first interstellar tourism campaign.

For the experiment, a high-power green laser was directed through ruby cube and illuminated with a blue laser from the side. The green laser increases the optical absorption of the blue illuminating ...

The city hopes any potential aliens in the TRAPPIST-1 system will learn bourbon, horses, and bluegrass are worth the 40 light-year journey, although the message might not survive the trip. By Andrew ...

Researchers using custom fabricated nanostructures that 'trap' light have created a new exotic state of matter with light at ...