Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Video Library

Our society is reliant on satellites for many important everyday activities: travel, farming, communications, and entertainment are a few examples. As we launch more satellites, the risk of a satellite colliding with another satellite or a piece of space junk increases, threatening those satellite se...

Millions of people worldwide suffer from ocular diseases that degrade the retina, the light-processing component of the eye, causing blindness, according to the seminar abstract. As the population continues to age, the number of Americans blinded by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retiniti...

Feb. 4, The Gamma-Ray Spectrometer at Mercury: A Seven Year Journey to the Innermost Planet; Feb. 11, Sleuthing Seismic Signals: Understanding Earthquake Hazard and Monitoring Nuclear Explosions; Feb. 18, Space Junk: Traffic Cops in Space; March 3, Restoring Sight to the Blind: Bridging the Medical G...

After traveling through the inner solar system for seven years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft reached Mercury in March of 2011 and became the first ever mission to orbit this mysterious planet.

Did you know that probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area in the next 30 years is 63%, or about 2 out of 3? We will see what an earthquake in the Bay Area would look like and try to understand its effects. Just like an earthquake, a nuclear test can cause seismic ...