thermal radiation

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However, under extremely high pressure, collisions between hydrogen molecules create temporary molecular interactions that can absorb and trap thermal radiation.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Water vapor prevents the solar irradiation absorbed by Earth to be reemitted towards the void of space, as thermal radiation.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

All hot bodies emit light, and a universal principle known as Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation states that reciprocal materials in equilibrium must absorb and emit thermal radiation at the same rate.

From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2022

In 1974 Stephen Hawking theorized that black holes are not black but slowly emit thermal radiation.

From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2022

I knew if I got close enough to him, the intense thermal radiation he was emitting would scorch me.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram