March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
... could send instruments above the Earth to get a view from space. Photons at the higher end of the electromagnetic spectrum, i.e. gamma-ray wavelengths that have an energy range above a Mega electron volt ( MeV ), are one million...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... JWST will see approximately the same level of detail as Hubble, but in a completely different part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Compared to Spitzer, JWST will see around 15 times more detail. Although higher resolution will prove revolutionary...
24 July 2020
A first of its kind white dwarf merger with a dense compact object discovered by students
... of its kind, and only the second ever compact merger which has been observed via the electromagnetic spectrum. And now that the trio know what signal to look out for, more discoveries could follow...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
... 20th century, virtually all that could be learned about the Universe was from a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Only when astronomers discovered how to collect light outside this part...
08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
...look for light in the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum. This will allow the telescope to look not only...help detect water vapour in different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum to complement these studies. The James Webb Space Telescope...
March 2017
Planetary nebulae may hold clue in search of helium-3
... transition of ionised 3He (represented as 3He+) and this transition can only be observed in the radio portion of the electromagnetic spectrum at the rest frequency of 8.665 GHz. Unfortunately, this transition is not very common, making the line very...
