Timeline for What is the maximum effective range of the Death Star's Superlaser?

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Jan 29, 2020 at 4:15	history	edited	DavidW	CC BY-SA 4.0	switch to https
May 30, 2019 at 19:41	history	edited	Machavity		edited tags
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S May 19, 2015 at 18:03	history	suggested	maguirenumber6	CC BY-SA 3.0	Corrected title
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Apr 24, 2015 at 17:07	comment	added	Omegacron		Theoretically, wouldn't a blast of plasma continue through a vacuum for an infinite amount of distance without losing any strength? It should only lose cohesion upon contact with other matter...
Jul 9, 2012 at 18:38	answer	added	Chad		timeline score: 5
Jul 9, 2012 at 16:28	comment	added	John O		This is a physics question, assuming that it is a plain laser. I know a flashlight behaves according to square inverse, but I'm not so sure how lasers behave... even with square inverse, it's going to have to be more than a few AUs before I'd want to be in the crosshairs.
Jul 9, 2012 at 12:58	history	edited	Chad	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited title
Jul 9, 2012 at 3:10	comment	added	vsz		@Thaddeus: I didn't say it was a laser, Kevin edited it in.
Jul 8, 2012 at 23:52	comment	added	Thaddeus Howze		Lasers cannot blow up planets. The weapon they are using is not a laser. Lasers cannot create antimatter from matter. It would need to be a particle weapon that is made from antimatter, directed at a planet, annihilating the planet upon contact and creating new antimatter so the entire planet is destroyed. Otherwise the rubble from the explosion would destroy the Death Star as well...
Jul 8, 2012 at 21:43	history	edited	Kevin	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 5 characters in body; edited title
Jul 8, 2012 at 20:31	answer	added	Mario		timeline score: 14
Jul 8, 2012 at 19:10	history	asked	vsz	CC BY-SA 3.0