https://www.space.com/apophis-spacecraft-laser-light-sail-2029
An early-stage mission concept could see laser-driven light-sail probes visit the notorious asteroid Apophis during its 2029 close flyby of Earth.
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https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/quantum-sensing-using-ultrafast-laser-pulses-and-a-new-class-of-molecular-probes
Chemists in Ryan Hadt's lab have devised a way to use femtosecond laser pulses to initiate and track electron spin superpositions in molecules.
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