electromagnetic radiation
noun
: energy in the form of electromagnetic waves
also
: a series of electromagnetic waves
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The study used a new technology, an imaging spectrometer, which measures electromagnetic radiation to detect and measure processes in the Earth’s atmosphere, to collect data on methane emissions from 20% of the country’s largest landfills.
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Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 22 May 2024
But cameras were also trained on the storm from space, capturing phantasmal monochromatic shots from the sun's electromagnetic radiation.
—Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 14 May 2024
By releasing solar particles and electromagnetic radiation toward our planet, the coronal mass ejections are what drive the geometric storms toward Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
How big are solar flares Solar flares are giant explosions of electromagnetic radiation that emit light, energy and high-speed particles.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Gamma rays are weightless, high-energy packets of electromagnetic radiation — the same stuff that makes up light.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
Alpha particles are just the nuclei of helium atoms, beta particles are electrons, and gamma rays are a type of very high-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
Most other electromagnetic radiation won’t travel through Earth’s atmosphere.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
No light can illuminate it because of its inability to have significant interactions with any kind of electromagnetic radiation.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023
Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 22 May 2024
But cameras were also trained on the storm from space, capturing phantasmal monochromatic shots from the sun's electromagnetic radiation.
—Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 14 May 2024
By releasing solar particles and electromagnetic radiation toward our planet, the coronal mass ejections are what drive the geometric storms toward Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
How big are solar flares Solar flares are giant explosions of electromagnetic radiation that emit light, energy and high-speed particles.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Gamma rays are weightless, high-energy packets of electromagnetic radiation — the same stuff that makes up light.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
Alpha particles are just the nuclei of helium atoms, beta particles are electrons, and gamma rays are a type of very high-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
Most other electromagnetic radiation won’t travel through Earth’s atmosphere.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
No light can illuminate it because of its inability to have significant interactions with any kind of electromagnetic radiation.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023
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“Electromagnetic radiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electromagnetic%20radiation. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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