thermal radiation

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A micrometer-thick silicon polymer was added to enhance the structure's cooling power by reflecting thermal radiation through the atmospheric window and into outer space.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

This allows the imaging system to capture the spectral and polarization details of thermal radiation in addition to the intensity information that is acquired with traditional thermal imaging.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024

This radiation is converted into thermal radiation on the Earth’s surface, and then a portion of that energy is re-radiated back into the atmosphere.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 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