Ray of Light

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371National Synchrotron Light Source II / National Synchrotron Light Source / Center for Functional Nanomaterials / Synchrotron light source / United States Department of Energy National Laboratories / Synchrotron / X-ray / Electron / Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education / Physics / Brookhaven National Laboratory / Particle physics

FACTS National Synchrotron Light Source II NSLS-II: A Powerful New Photon Microscope Science for the 21st Century

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Source URL: www.bnl.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-11-19 14:50:43
372Variable star / Apparent magnitude / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Magnitude / Absolute magnitude / Mira / RV Tauri variable / Astronomy / Observational astronomy / Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Variable Stars Stars appear to shine with a constant light; however, thousands of stars vary in brightness. The brightness that a star appears to have (apparent magnitude) from our perspective

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-07 11:14:58
373Radiation / Infrared / Ultraviolet / Gamma ray / Spectrometer / Frequency / Light / Ionizing radiation / Telescope / Electromagnetic radiation / Physics / Electromagnetic spectrum

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu “Mission Mastermind” Glossary Words Acronym (n.) – A word formed from the initial letters of a name or compound term, such as ‘WAC’ for Women’s Army Corps or ‘radar’ for r

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Source URL: amazing-space.stsci.edu

Language: English - Date: 2004-10-04 14:31:16
374Observational astronomy / Electromagnetic spectrum / Astrochemistry / Astronomical objects / Stellar astronomy / Infrared / Quasar / Galaxy / Gamma ray / Astronomy / Space / Electromagnetic radiation

The Universe sends us light at all wavelengths, across the electromagnetic spectrum, with each portion of the spectrum bringing us unique information about the cosmos. X-rays and gamma rays bring us information about hig

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Source URL: coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu

Language: English - Date: 2003-08-14 13:46:07
375Physics / Vision / Infrared / Ultraviolet / Light / Color / Visible spectrum / Gamma ray / Wavelength / Electromagnetic radiation / Electromagnetic spectrum / Radiation

What Is a False-Color Composite? When most of us think of light, we naturally think about the light we can see with our eyes. But did you know that visible light is only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum?

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Source URL: coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu

Language: English - Date: 2003-08-14 13:46:05
376Nuclear physics / Radiation / Scattering / Photon / Light scattering / Electron / Transparency and translucency / Annihilation / Gamma ray / Physics / Quantum electrodynamics / Particle physics

news and views neutral, the gluons themselves carry colour charges (Fig.1). The soul of QED is the electromagnetic field. When Faraday and Maxwell proposed this field, their contemporaries found it very

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Source URL: www.physics.utoronto.ca

Language: English - Date: 1999-10-20 14:58:13
377Angle of incidence / Mirror / Plane mirror / Specular reflection / Ray / Refraction / Laser / Total internal reflection / Optics / Geometrical optics / Reflection

Reflections on Light5 Students will explore the general behavior of light when it is reflected and the behavior of light when it is reflected in specific angles. Suggested Grade Range: 7-12 Approximate Time: 1 hour State

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Source URL: www.csulb.edu

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-03 17:33:29
378Photonics / Quantum electrodynamics / Acronyms / Laser / RIKEN / Photon / X-ray / Light / Photoionization mode / Physics / Electromagnetic radiation / Optics

February 2, 2005 RIKEN Discovery Research Institute The Laser Technology Laboratory Chief Scientist: Dr. Katsumi Midorikawa Successful Observation of a Non-Linear

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Source URL: www.riken.jp

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-20 20:33:06
379Star types / Dark matter / Exotic matter / Stellar astronomy / Light sources / Stellar evolution / Neutron star / Star / Supernova / Astronomy / Physics / Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory X-Ray Astronomy Field Guide Stellar Evolution The Milky Way Galaxy contains several hundred billion stars of all ages, sizes and masses. A typical star, such as the Sun, radiates small amounts

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-01-29 13:13:39
380Plasma physics / X-ray telescopes / Quasar / Radio astronomy / X-ray astronomy / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Active galactic nucleus / Hubble Deep Field / Supermassive black hole / Astronomy / Space / Galaxies

Chandra X-Ray Observatory X-Ray Astronomy Field Guide X-Ray Background/Deep Fields Before Chandra, when X-ray telescopes observed the sky it is not dark between points of light. Rather, a uniform background glow was app

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-01-29 13:13:36
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