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
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Lasers Casting a Shadow, First Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy, and TDIH - The Campaign to Make Sean Connery the First James Bond | Cool Stuff Ride Home podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
