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background radiation. More generally, astronomy studies everything that originates beyond Earth's atmosphere. Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that studies...98 KB (10,172 words) - 22:47, 23 June 2024
microwave background radiation, regarded as evidence for the Big Bang theory, was made through radio astronomy. Radio astronomy is conducted using large...37 KB (3,874 words) - 14:19, 6 July 2024
Cosmic microwave background (redirect from Microwave background radiation)The cosmic microwave background (CMB or CMBR) is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. It is a remnant that provides an...108 KB (13,251 words) - 19:02, 27 June 2024
background radiation). Astronomy also intersects with biology, as astrobiology, studying potential life throughout the universe. Astronomy can be described...42 KB (3,397 words) - 07:25, 19 May 2024
Infrared (redirect from Infra-red radiation)Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than...91 KB (9,117 words) - 09:19, 25 June 2024
Ultraviolet astronomy is the observation of electromagnetic radiation at ultraviolet wavelengths between approximately 10 and 320 nanometres; shorter...9 KB (855 words) - 14:37, 2 April 2024- Infrared astronomy is a sub-discipline of astronomy which specializes in the observation and analysis of astronomical objects using infrared (IR) radiation. The...22 KB (2,335 words) - 00:14, 18 June 2024
Black-body radiation is the thermal electromagnetic radiation within, or surrounding, a body in thermodynamic equilibrium with its environment, emitted...72 KB (9,264 words) - 10:06, 21 June 2024
Gamma ray (redirect from Gamma radiation)gamma-ray astronomy, while radiation below 100 keV is classified as X-rays and is the subject of X-ray astronomy. Gamma rays are ionizing radiation and are...58 KB (7,126 words) - 19:04, 10 July 2024
opaque, or to eliminate noise (thermal radiation from the atmosphere). Optical astronomy is the part of astronomy that uses optical instruments (mirrors...27 KB (3,375 words) - 11:46, 4 May 2024- High-energy astronomy is the study of astronomical objects that release electromagnetic radiation of highly energetic wavelengths. It includes X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray...2 KB (151 words) - 14:12, 1 July 2024
Electromagnetic spectrum (redirect from Radiation spectrum)radiation eventually became the preferred term. Condon, J. J.; Ransom, S. M. "Essential Radio Astronomy: Pulsar Properties". National Radio Astronomy...46 KB (4,829 words) - 20:50, 20 May 2024- Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...60 KB (6,553 words) - 05:22, 3 June 2024
- Hawking radiation is the theoretical thermal black-body radiation released outside a black hole's event horizon. This is counterintuitive because once...48 KB (6,180 words) - 18:26, 11 July 2024
- The discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation constitutes a major development in modern physical cosmology. In 1964, US physicist Arno Allan...14 KB (1,506 words) - 20:43, 5 June 2024
submillimeter band, and its radiation as submillimeter waves, especially in astronomy. This band of electromagnetic radiation lies within the transition...66 KB (6,869 words) - 14:57, 8 July 2024
Gravitational-wave astronomy is a subfield of astronomy concerned with the detection and study of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources...45 KB (4,835 words) - 06:45, 22 June 2024
Atmospheric window (redirect from Window (astronomy))from the Sun, and for thermal radiation from the surface to leave to space. Atmospheric windows are useful for astronomy, remote sensing, telecommunications...9 KB (825 words) - 14:42, 16 May 2024
In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and...79 KB (9,541 words) - 18:46, 8 July 2024
and galactic formation. Event Horizon Telescope Terahertz radiation Far infrared astronomy SCUBA-2 All Sky Survey Radio window Infrared window Optical...8 KB (857 words) - 00:17, 22 November 2023
- The New Student's Reference Work Astronomy 41033The New Student's Reference Work — Astronomy Astron′omy. There is a certain sense in which the history
- Astronomy is a natural science which is the study of celestial objects (such as stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and nebulae), the physics
- Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial bodies in the visible universe, from the scale of a few meters to the macro scale, including: the underlying