Gamma rays can only be detected by sensors ... and the amplitude of their wavelength determines where they sit on the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio and microwave photons sit at the lower energy ...

The electromagnetic spectrum has many types of light waves. It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays. Each type of light has a different ...

Every time you check the weather forecast, use a GPS app to navigate, or watch a live sports event from across the globe, you ...

With the smallest wavelengths and the fastest frequency, gamma rays fall on one extreme end of the electromagnetic spectrum. NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Invisible to our eyes ...

Figure caption, Each region of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum has a range of wavelengths associated with it. Radio waves have the longest wavelengths and gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths.

Gamma rays are the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum, far more powerful than x-rays, which can cause cancer if one is exposed to them at high levels. Outer space is full of ...

NTNU researchers may have found the answer to one of the big, unanswered questions in physics. The universe is full of ...

Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.

The strong currents of air in thunderstorms can cause air and water to shoot up and down very quickly. When this happens, ...

Vela sends charged particles toward its poles that transmit in all flavors of the electromagnetic spectrum—radio waves, visible light, X-rays, and the highest energy wave of them all ...