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  2. Light echo - Wikipedia

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    An echo of ShaSS 073 galaxy's light detected by ESO's VLT Survey Telescope. The ShaSS 622-073 system is composed of the larger galaxy ShaSS 073 (seen in yellow in the image on the right) and the smaller galaxy ShaSS 622 (seen in blue) that are at the very beginning of a merger.

  3. Cosmic microwave background - Wikipedia

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    Without the expansion of the universe to cause the cooling of the CMB, the night sky would shine as brightly as the Sun. [13] The energy density of the CMB is 0.260 eV/cm 3 (4.17 × 10 −14 J/m 3), about 411 photons/cm 3. [14]

  4. James Clerk Maxwell - Wikipedia

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    James Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician [1] who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.

  5. Cosmic Background Explorer - Wikipedia

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    The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE / ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH-bee), also referred to as Explorer 66, was a NASA satellite dedicated to cosmology, which operated from 1989 to 1993.Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB or CMBR) of the universe and provide measurements that would help shape the understanding of the cosmos.

  6. Radar astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Radar astronomy is a technique of observing nearby astronomical objects by reflecting radio waves or microwaves off target objects and analyzing their reflections. Radar astronomy differs from radio astronomy in that the latter is a passive observation (i.e., receiving only) and the former an active one (transmitting and receiving).

  7. Astronomical seeing - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, seeing is the degradation of the image of an astronomical object due to turbulence in the atmosphere of Earth that may become visible as blurring, twinkling or variable distortion. The origin of this effect is rapidly changing variations of the optical refractive index along the light path from the object to the detector.

  8. Observational astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The key instrument of nearly all modern observational astronomy is the telescope. This serves the dual purposes of gathering more light so that very faint objects can be observed, and magnifying the image so that small and distant objects can be observed. Optical astronomy requires telescopes that use optical components of great precision.

  9. Echo question - Wikipedia

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    A response may echo the content of a stimulus and have similar intonation to an echo question, but follow the syntactic rules of a normal question (including wh-fronting and subject-auxiliary inversion), as in: A: He saw a crocodile. B: What did he see? Some authors include these among echo questions [3] [4] while others do not. [1]