Laser

A laser is a gun that fires photons (i.e. spaceships moving at the speed of light). Lasers are not possible in Conway's Game of Life, but they do exist in other Life-like rules, for example Seeds.

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p4 photon laser in Seeds (click above to open LifeViewer)