Lasers Casting a Shadow, First Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy, and TDIH - The Campaign to Make Sean Connery the First James Bond

Scientists reconsider their understanding of shadow after they discover lasers – highly concentrated beams of light – can cast one. And scientists finally have a close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy – and it’s surrounded by something interesting. Plus, on This Day in History, the campaign to make Sean Connery James Bond starts. 'It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow': Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover | Live Science Lasers That Cast Shadows? Physics Takes a Surprising Turn Shadow of a laser beam Scientists take first ever close-up picture of star outside our galaxy – and see strange structure around it | The Independent Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy | ScienceDaily The true story of how Sean Connery became James Bond | The Gentleman's Journal Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices