If Lightsabers were real, they'd be a lot worse than the movies depict. Being stabbed by one? Awful. Here's the physics ...

The "Star Wars" universe has an answer to one of the its potentially grossest lightsaber mysteries -- namely, why the iconic ...

Nothing is quite as iconic of the Star Wars franchise as is the lightsaber. A weapon wielded by force-sensitive being of good and evil intent, the lightsaber symbolizes the transcendent nature of the ...

Lightsaber science gets real! Inspired by Disney’s retractable lightsaber, we crafted a 4000° proto version and tested it in wild experiments. Is it as dangerous as it looks? Find out as we swing into ...