# "It might look like we started a space war, but we didn’t." Astronomers fire lasers at distant cosmic cloud, all in the name of science | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

> The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released a striking image showing powerful laser beams shooting into the night sky above Chile, as astronomers targeted the Tarantula Nebula with one of the world’s most advanced…

- **Source:** [Skyatnightmagazine](https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/eso-lasers-tarantula-nebula?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a385bc1e8976fcb37ce01e6)
- **Published:** 2026-06-21
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #astronomers #didn #look #might #night #space #started #cloud
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