Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) have achieved a laser shot which boggles the mind: 192 beams delivered an excess of 500 trillion-watts (TW) of peak power and 1.85 megajoules (MJ) of ultraviolet laser light to a target of just two millimeters in diameter. To put those numbers into perspective, 500 TW is more than one thousand times the power that the entire United States uses at any instant in time. Pew-Pew indeed ... .. Continue Reading Record-setting 500 trillion-watt laser shot achieved Section: Science and Education Tags: Fusion, Laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physics, Record-breaking Related Articles: World record 1 megajoule laser shot hits target World's largest laser takes first steps towards nuclear fusion reaction HiPER nuclear fusion project underway The world's most powerful laser Extending Moore’s Law using nuclear fusion Sandia Lab’s Z machine: the fastest gun in the west