NASA uses zeppelin to scan Bay Area atmosphere Oct 9, 2009
Scientists from NASA Ames Research Center's Earth Science Division at Moffett Field are taking advantage of the vessel's unique characteristics, including its high maneuverability and capability to fly at low altitudes, to measure solar and thermal radiation and gather atmospheric samples of aerosols and gas constituents. "We are very interested in the unique capabilities of the Zeppelin to enable remote sensing and atmospheric science measurements not previously practical," Stephen Dunagan, a... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Scientists spot massive ring around Saturn Oct 8, 2009
But the cool dust -- about 80 Kelvin (minus 316 degrees Fahrenheit) -- glows with thermal radiation. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, used to spot the ring, picked up on the heat. (CNN -- Tech)
NASA discovers largest ring around Saturn Oct 8, 2009
Cool objects shine with infrared, or thermal radiation; for example, even a cup of ice cream is blazing with infrared light. "By focusing on the glow of the ring's cool dust, Spitzer made it easy to find," said Verbiscer. (Xinhuanet, China)
Giant Ring Spotted Around Saturn Oct 8, 2009
Although the ring dust is very cold minus 316 degrees Fahrenheit it shines with thermal radiation. No one had looked at its location with an infrared instrument until now, Clavin said. (Fox News)
* World News Quick Take Oct 8, 2009
Although the ring dust is very cold, it shines with thermal radiation. UNITED STATES. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Far-reaching ring detected around Saturn Oct 7, 2009
Although the ring dust is very cold 316 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, or 80 Kelvin it still gives off enough thermal radiation to register on Spitzer's sensors. The bulk of the ring material starts about 3. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Nature warns climate talkers Oct 2, 2009
As the percentage has persistently grown in the atmosphere, they have trapped more of the sun's thermal radiation and raised the temperatures. Other planetary buffers like Arctic tundra that have previously stored these gasses are now exposed and releasing the greenhouse gasses they had stores, compounding the global warming. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Simulated black holes may prove theory Sep 11, 2009
Detecting the emitted thermal radiation has proved exceptionally difficult. To date no scientist has directly observed Hawking radiation. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Does a dark-colored car heat up more in the sun than a light-colored car? Sep 2, 2009
The visible radiation that we see is transparent to the glass but thermal radiation is not and gets trapped by the glass, Klein says. As a consequence, the inside of the car will warm because radiation is coming in but not much is going back out. (Why Files)
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"At these wavelengths we receive thermal radiation (heat) from the planet's upper atmosphere," explains observer Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley) in a. "The impact site is clearly much warmer than its surroundings, as shown by our image taken at an infrared wavelength of 18 microns.". (SkyAndTelescope.com)
AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 6, 2009 Aug 7, 2009
To observe evidence of lightning on Mars, Ruf et al. use a new detector that is able to distinguish nonthermal microwave radiation, which indicates a large electric discharge, from ordinary thermal radiation. The instrument, installed in the 34-meter (111. (EurekAlert!)
Physics Education Improves When Students Make Their Own Computer Models Jul 3, 2009
In this model they were asked to incorporate variables such as temperature and outgoing thermal radiation. These variables have the following causality: the higher the temperature, the higher the outgoing radiation. (Science Daily)
Life May Extend Planet's 'Life': Billion-year Life Extension For Earth Also Doubles Odds Of Finding Life On Other Planets Jun 16, 2009
Although the planet's greenhouse gases chiefly water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane have become the villain in global warming scenarios, they're crucial for a habitable world, because they act as an insulating blanket in the atmosphere that absorbs and radiates thermal radiation, keeping the surface comfortably warm. As the sun has matured over the past 4. (Science Daily)
NRL part of multi-national team that launches Herschel Space Observatory May 15, 2009
For objects that are much colder than room temperature, such as the outer planets or interstellar ice and dust, the peak of this thermal radiation shifts from the mid-infrared peak at room temperature, into the far-infrared / terahertz range. Herschel's telescope and instruments are designed to detect and characterize the "cool" Universe. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
The tiniest incandescent lamp May 5, 2009
His law assumes that thermal radiation released from a black body a perfect absorber and radiator of energy will be as disordered, or as random, as possible. For instance, a hot incandescent lamp gives off many photons of different colours which together make up make white light. (Harper's Magazine)
