A Death Star is born. As if regular old star-gobbling ... various objects like intergalactic laser turrets. That being said, Earth probably won’t experience Alderaan’s fate anytime soon ...

The new type of high-powered "Death Star" weapon combines electromagnetic ... that merge at a single point to generate a beam so powerful it can destroy entire planets. Thankfully, the latest ...

Artist’s illustration of a distant white dwarf with an Earth-like planet in an orbit just beyond ... [+] where Mars is in our solar system. Earth could end up in such an orbit circling a white ...

CHINESE scientists claim to have built a giant weapon inspired by Star Wars that can wipe out enemy satellites in orbit. The terrifying real life "Death Star ... it can destroy entire planets.

Credit: Variety via Getty Images Do you remember the moment in "Star Wars" when the Death Star destroys Alderaan? Eight laser beams converge at a single point to form a super-powered laser that ...

A weapon using microwave beams just like the Death Star in Star Wars is claimed ... of science fiction with lasers used to destroy planets in Star Wars, scientists in China have been working ...

For Star Wars fans, the Death Star needs no further introduction ... the black hole that appeared when the passing star was destroyed. The debris was heated up to millions of degrees, which ...

The new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic waves to make one large focused laser beam — much like the Death Star from “Star Wars,” which destroyed planets by ...