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Shooting for the Moon: Ultrastable Lasers in Dark Craters Could Enable Lunar Navigation, Precision Timekeeping, New Science

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Lunar craters in permanent shadow could be ideal locations for building the most stable optical lasers ever made.

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Source publication date: May 18, 2026. Original Source →

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