He upgraded the custom lighthouse light which he originally designed in high school for their garden fountain. He even went so far as to craft some retail-worthy packaging for the gift.

His light-from-space experiment, published in the journal Lighting Research & Technology, showed that most of the artificial light wasted - by being sent upwards into space, rather illuminating a ...

Light could even become the preeminent power source for long-distance space travel. The spaceship would have an ultrathin sail to catch the "wind" of light beamed from an Earth-based laser.

Pulsars are the remnants of large stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out 6 captivating images of these cosmic ...

Its name? The Fairport Harbor West lighthouse. In 2011, Ms Consaul won the light station in a government auction with a bid of about $71,000 (£57,494). Now the US government hopes yet more people ...