spectra
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Roughly 99% of those objects will be observed only photometrically, meaning through images taken in different colors rather than detailed spectra.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
A few days after the initial flash, it brightened again, shifted to bluer light, and showed hydrogen in its spectra.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
The new approach allows scientists to simulate the vibrational spectra of complex and disordered materials at realistic temperatures with near-ab initio accuracy while significantly reducing computational cost.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Jerry Xuan, a 51 Pegasi b Fellow at UCLA, built sophisticated atmospheric models to compare with the telescope's spectra and determine whether sulfur was present.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
