Where next for the laser?
Six laser experts recall how the laser has advanced their fields of interest – and speculate where it will take these areas next
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Site chosen for European superscope
€1bn facility will be built in Cerro Armazones, Chile
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First stunning images from NASA’s Sun gazer
Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals Sun's surface in multicolour
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Physicists find a particle accelerator in the sky
Radio waves suggest lightning 'sprites' create powerful electron beams
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Obama sets out Mars mission
US president calls for NASA to send a manned mission to orbit the red planet
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Astronomers develop new planet-hunting tool
Novel technique could let smaller telescopes find extrasolar planets
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Ice mission blasts off
The European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite will monitor changes in Earth's ice thicknesses
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Physics at the end of the Earth
Margaret Harris goes on the ultimate physics-adventure
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UK launches space agency
Science minister Paul Drayson says that the space industry could be worth £40bn and create 100,000 jobs in 20 years' time
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The eerie silence
Paul Davies calls for the search for extraterrestrials to be relaunched
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