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The World's Most Powerful Laser Will Create Tiny Stars on Earth

Posted July 07, 2011 1:38 PM

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While CERN researchers are busy potentially obliterating the Earth by creating a black hole in France, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore Lab have their own Doomsday machine: a 10-story laser that may well create a miniature star over Northern California.

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07/07/2011 2:26 PM

"While CERN researchers are busy potentially obliterating the Earth by creating a black hole..."

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07/08/2011 10:00 PM

A picture tells a thousand words

Nice century Doorman.

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07/07/2011 3:11 PM

... I repeat myself: It's not news, it's Gizmodo.

It's not worth creating an account on their stupid website just to flame them for their moronically opinionated editorials disguised as news articles. The author of this piece of idiocy, Tarantola, ought to stick to real estate and car repair.

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07/07/2011 3:16 PM

"10-story laser that may well create a miniature star over Northern California."

Yeah, but where will they find the wise men to follow it?
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07/08/2011 7:48 AM

A black hole can prove to be pretty handy. For one thing you can always shove the new star in it. (And lots of other stuff). S.M.
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07/08/2011 8:50 AM

I wonder if they got the idea from the Obelisk laser turret on Command & Conquer. With this, we can stop any tank from entering the US. Even those Mammoth tanks.
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