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NASA’s deep space laser test. Here’s what actually happened: NASA successfully sent & received a laser through communication from Psyche as it cruised 460 million kilometers (286 million miles) from Earth, captured by Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California, it successful laser communication ever performed so far away.

Light teleported for the first time in history ― Potential to beam it across to other galaxies...

The speed of light is a concept that intrigues scientists, but it’s just as absolute as black holes. For light to travel from point A to point B, it moves around 300,000 kilometers per second, and this is just for humans to be able to see something that happened millions of years ago in the universe, across galaxies. But, what if we can send a beam of light across the Milky Way and reach other borders? Scientists put the test to the challenge, and the results opened a new discussion about how far it can go without a “break.” 

Scientists had successfully teleported light for first time.

Light is not just born, it’s created from atomic reactions. After the electrons gain energy, they move to a higher energy level “section” inside the atom, but the amount of power the electron holds is not sustainable, so when it collapses, it releases energy as a photon. The photon travels through space as light, carrying a specific amount of energy responsible for color or type. The electrons bounce back and forth between energy levels,& that’s why can see light b'cas atoms constantly exploding & gaining power again. Scientists have studied phenomenon for decades, analyzing behavior of photons, electrons,& other particles that make up the universe. Meanwhile, engineers have been working outside the study room & recently made a major discovery about photons. Researchers from University of Tennessee, EPB of Chattanooga, and the Dept of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Lab managed to maintain a quantum entanglement between pairs of photons for over 30 uninterrupted hours. How in order to make this achievement even a more impressive real-world applications, scientists used an optic fiber network.     

What makes discovery so impactful?
A quantum entanglement is a connection between two or more particles means whatever happens to one, it instantly matches the other, no matter how far apart they are – Einstein referred to this as “spooky action at a distance” because nothing behaves like this in nature. How connection between two photons can be fragile, and it can be broken. To maintain stability signal scientists used a system automatically adjusts way photons are spinning as they travel, technique, called in direction that might happen along the way, reinforcing the connection of the photons in the quantum entanglement by minimizing the disruptions caused by the environment that might interfere with the signal. The uninterrupted signal shared between the 3 institutes – all located in Chattanooga, Tennessee – traveled only about half a mile.

Future implications of sending signals across galaxy?.

A stable quantum connection between photons — and the researchers’ ability to bring it into the real world — could lay the foundation for a future where info travels faster & farther than anything we’ve seen before. While we’d still rely on speed of light to send a message or beam across space, quantum entanglement could allow receiving side to get the signal instantly, without waiting millions of years for it to arrive. How long 2 photons can still maintain quantum connection is next for the scientists to work out come soon or later, in their brain & mind.