Moon Laser Experiment: What Really Happens If Everyone Points a Beam Upward From harmless red dots to world-ending light shows, the results get wild fast

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Imagine every person on Earth aiming a laser at the moon at the exact same moment. It sounds like a chaotic global science fair project, but the truth is much funnier: absolutely nothing happens. A tiny red laser pointer—the kind you use to annoy your cat—is billions of times weaker than the sunlight already flooding the lunar surface. Even if the entire planet teamed up with perfect aim, the moon wouldn’t notice.

But what if we upgrade the gear? A stronger one-watt laser could scorch skin and light things on fire, which makes it horrifying on Earth but still laughably insignificant at lunar distance. Even if everyone on the planet used one, the brightness on the moon would barely reach half the intensity of moonlight. Impressive in theory, invisible in practice.

Now here’s where things get spicy. If instead of flimsy lasers everyone wielded industrial-grade spotlights, the combined glow might actually make a small patch of the moon brighter than its usual night side. Still nowhere near competing with the sun—yet finally visible. But the urge to ask “what if we tried more power?” doesn’t stop there…

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