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radiation

[rey-dee-ey-shuhn] / ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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The amount of radiation used is small, akin to a mammogram, and the scans typically don’t need to be repeated.

From The Wall Street Journal

With the peak in the solar cycle, they will also be keeping an eye on solar activity and enhanced radiation which could affect the astronauts.

From BBC

Powerful radiation from active supermassive black holes, which are believed to sit at the center of most galaxies, can do more than shape their own surroundings.

From Science Daily

They'll have to work out how to generate power and build habitats to protect people from extreme temperatures as well as dangerous space radiation.

From BBC

Arno Penzias at Bell Labs won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering “cosmic microwave background radiation” from the Big Bang.

From The Wall Street Journal