Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ultraviolet astronomy is the observation of electromagnetic radiation at ultraviolet wavelengths between approximately 10 and 320 nanometres; shorter wavelengths—higher energy photons—are studied by X-ray astronomy and gamma-ray astronomy. [1] Ultraviolet light is not visible to the human eye. [2]
Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is a small UV space telescope to study selected exoplanets. [1] It was launched as a rideshare on the Atlas V that launched Landsat 9 on September 27, 2021. [1] Designed to operate for at least 8 months and study 10 exoplanets, CUTE remains operational as of December 2023, 27 months after launch.
Visible-light astronomy is part of optical astronomy, [clarification needed] and differs from astronomies based on invisible types of light in the electromagnetic radiation spectrum, such as radio waves, infrared waves, ultraviolet waves, X-ray waves and gamma-ray waves. Visible light ranges from 380 to 750 nanometers in wavelength.
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY Updated September 12, 2024 at 9:40 AM Colorful northern lights could be visible across several states Thursday night from the Pacific Northwest, upper Midwest and Northeast.
A new type of stellar object has been discovered releasing energetic bursts of radio waves every 22 minutes. An unusual object has been releasing pulses of radio waves in space for decades ...
The comet has come closest to Earth today at about 41 million km (26 million miles) away, and after that, it is expected to disappear into the darkness of space, likely never to be seen by humans ...
Outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) is the longwave radiation emitted to space from the top of Earth's atmosphere. [ 1 ] : 2241 It may also be referred to as emitted terrestrial radiation . Outgoing longwave radiation plays an important role in planetary cooling.
UVS, known as the Ultraviolet Spectrograph [3] or Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer [4] is the name of an instrument on the Juno orbiter for Jupiter. [3] The instrument is an imaging spectrometer that observes the ultraviolet range of light wavelengths, which is shorter wavelengths than visible light but longer than X-rays. [ 5 ]