electromagnetic radiation

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Solar flares are bursts of electromagnetic radiation that travel from the Sun at the speed of light, reaching Earth in just over eight minutes.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

The ranges allowed are narrow, far more restrictive than the sort of electromagnetic compatibility standards used on Earth, and unintended electromagnetic radiation can leak from electrical devices and systems on satellites.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

This is a quantum of electromagnetic radiation with a specific frequency.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

Solar flares occur when magnetic energy builds up in the Sun's atmosphere and is released as electromagnetic radiation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

In the room, a female graduate student evidently immune to the smell sat working on a spectrograph, an instrument for measuring electromagnetic radiation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik