New laser technology could photograph galaxies 75,000 years away

We could soon be able to take photographs of stars 75,000 years away after new technology was configured to speed the up the process using lasers, according to ANU astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker.

“The fact that we’ve never even seen anything else besides a few planets in our own solar system up close is the exciting thing,” he told Sky News.

“At the current technology right now, it takes 75,000 years to get to the nearest star system but now with this idea of using a huge array of lasers to shoot at a sail and then blast that sail off into space we think that we could reach the next star in a couple of decades.”

Dr Tucker said the technology was “not that far off being achievable” because it uses technology which have already been developed such as lasers and light sails.

“If you can get to the next star system, we can take up-close photos of the star and the planets around it in a way that we just never even considered being an option.”

[jonathanrobertson]

75, 000 years is a REALLY long time... but not a unit of distance. Maybe someone could shed some light on this issue.

[NewStreamLine]

What?
1) 75.000 years away? That doesn't make any sense.
2) If you're talking about light years, the nearest galaxy is far more farther!

[FalconKRO]

Still struggle with getting singal in some areas on my mobile phone.

[qfytidw]

Mangling the headline in a dumb way like that could be viewed as a really clever form of clickbait.

[bemo]

75, 000 years. This is as slow as the Andrews government getting anything done.

[lukeh]

75000 years, how many football fields is that?

[ITPalGame]

"...to speed the up the process..."

Proofreading is dead.

[KevinHoekman]

Light years is a measurement of distance not speed.

[MRPricks]

It will bounce right back off the fermament and they will be taking earth selfies.

[trondbolme]

So they go straight from blurry videos of ufo's to being able to take pictures of galaxies 75000yrs away?
Seems legit

[rydoes]

Hey Sky! Definitely worth proof-reading and fixing up the title of the video 👍👍

[musicalaviator]

This story was done way better by Isaac Arthur back in 2018.

[alexgeorge]

Put Daniel Andrews and his clowns on it and send em off, no one will miss them.

[joe]

So how long does it take to receive any data that it picks up once it gets there ??
Four years.

[tella]

Sorry Aussies your little late on the info...

[pigeonpoo]

Yeah, the aliens we see are in a lockdown.

[turtleb]

A light year is 6 trillion miles, so no i doubt they can do this lol

[TheOriginalJoeBloggs]

01:18 But Bitcoin Mining is going to kill us all with it energy consumption??

[martinbrown]

How awesome is God’s creation.
God stretch out the heavens.
To reveal his great glory for us to see.

This is what God the lord says, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it.
Isaiah 42, 5
God is waiting for you to come to Jesus.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Peter 3, 9
The steadfast love of the lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3, 22-23
Jesus gave his life freely for us to be saved.
Greater love has no one than this, to lay down ones life for his friends.
John 15, 13

[universewithinus]

Can it photograph and justify the ufo vids?