Designed for use in low-or-zero-gravity environments where conventional firearms would not work properly, this magazine-fed, pyrotechnic flashbulb technology generated a laser beam—with one variant ...

The fictional Marvel character Cyclops is far less interesting than his fellow X-Men colleagues, given his power consists of firing lasers from his eyes. Not too fun in the context of X-Men, where ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat. The 1980s were a wild time, not ...