NASA's Laser Communication Breakthrough: Beaming Cat Videos from Deep Space

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment, part of the Psyche mission, has successfully beamed back a video from deep space using a laser. The video, featuring a cat named Taters chasing a laser pointer, was transmitted from the Psyche spacecraft to Earth using an invisible near-infrared laser. This technology could potentially be used to quickly transmit data, imagery, and videos during future interplanetary missions. The laser can send data at 10 to 100 times the speed of traditional radio wave systems, marking a significant advancement in optical communications for space exploration.