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  2. Extinction (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    Interstellar reddening is a phenomenon associated with interstellar extinction where the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source changes characteristics from that which the object originally emitted. Reddening occurs due to the light scattering off dust and other matter in the interstellar medium.

  3. Redshift - Wikipedia

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    In interstellar astronomy, visible spectra can appear redder due to scattering processes in a phenomenon referred to as interstellar reddening [50] —similarly Rayleigh scattering causes the atmospheric reddening of the Sun seen in the sunrise or sunset and causes the rest of the sky to have a blue color.

  4. Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our ...

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    but also writes that "the book is a fairly disorganized, rambling affair whose topics and metaphors leap wildly to and fro." [ 5 ] A Daily Kos book reviewer writes that Interstellar "provides a realistic and practical blueprint for how a [human and alien life] interaction might actually occur, resetting our cultural understanding and ...

  5. Interstellar object - Wikipedia

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    2I/Borisov comet, the second confirmed interstellar object, photographed in late-2019 beside a distant galaxy. An interstellar object is an astronomical object (such as an asteroid, a comet, or a rogue planet, but not a star or stellar remnant) in interstellar space that is not gravitationally bound to a star.

  6. Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

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    The book describes the 2017 detection of ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System. [8] [9] Loeb, an astronomer at Harvard University, speculates that the object might be an extraterrestrial artifact, [10] a suggestion considered unlikely by the scientific community collectively.

  7. Cosmic distance ladder - Wikipedia

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    A comparison of this value with the apparent magnitude allows the approximate distance to be determined, after correcting for interstellar extinction of the luminosity because of gas and dust. In a gravitationally-bound star cluster such as the Hyades, the stars formed at approximately the same age and lie at the same distance. This allows ...

  8. Red - Wikipedia

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    [77] [78] In the Old Testament of the Bible, the Book of Isaiah said: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow." [ 79 ] In the New Testament , in the Book of Revelation , the Antichrist appears as a red monster, ridden by a woman dressed in scarlet, known as the Whore of Babylon .

  9. Interstellar - Wikipedia

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    2.1 Books. 2.2 Films and soundtracks. 2.3 Music. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... the soundtrack to the 2014 film Interstellar; Music. Groups