A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with another ...

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A team of scientists has found that the narrow beam of a laser, under specific conditions, can cast a shadow — a counterintuitive finding that could open the doors for new applications of optical ...

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...

This activity is part of the Science Friday Sun Camp collection! For 4.5 billion years, the Sun has generated energy to power the solar system. Visible light is the most obvious form of that energy.

Your shadow is one of the very few things that stays with you throughout your entire life. You may only notice it in harsh light, or when it makes funny shapes, but it’s always there. So what happens ...

After sifting through possible names for this blog, I settled on Light and Shadow—not Light and Darkness, not Black and White. My first entry, “Surprised by the Light: Lessons from a Junkyard,” ...

Author Jennifer Aitken. Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Aitken. Author Jennifer Aitken. Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Aitken. Author Jennifer Aitken chatted about her book series “Legends of Light & Shadows” ...