Sentences with phrase «bright regions»

Quasars are the stupendously bright regions in the cores of galaxies, powered by gargantuan black holes.

These showed noticeably brighter regions of yellow, suggesting that their decisions demanded significantly more brain power.

Brighter regions at night indicate surfaces that retain more heat from the previous day than surrounding surfaces, just as grassy fields cool off at night while buildings in the city remain warmer.

The sun's emissions of UV light are not uniform, so as it rotates UV - bright regions move in and out of view of Earth.

SLUGGISH STARS A hydrogen signature reveals the structure of six galaxies (top, bright regions appear red) observed with the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

On the right - hand side of the Airy beam there is one intense bright region, and there is a series of smaller, less intense regions to the left (see image).

Brown University researchers have produced new evidence that lunar swirls — wispy bright regions scattered on the Moon's surface — were created by several comet collisions over the last 100 million years.

Vinalia Faculae, the diffuse bright regions to the northeast of the crater's central dome, could have formed from a fluid driven to the surface by a small amount of gas, similar to champagne surging out of its bottle when the cork is removed.

Researchers found that the size of the dust particles in the inner 22 au gap is smaller than in the other bright regions and guess that a planet similar to Neptune is located in this gap.

While they do dampen sunlight while on the face of the Sun, they are surrounded by intensely bright regions called «faculae» or «plage.»

High - energy x-ray sources (blue) are seen near the core of the Milky Way (bright region at lower right) in this composite image.

The brighter regions correspond to the regions of the Universe with more galaxies and therefore more dark matter.

Observed within Hydra's bright regions is a darker circular structure with a diameter of approximately 6 miles (10 kilometers).

«As we approach the Pluto system we are starting to see intriguing features such as a bright region near Pluto's visible pole, starting the great scientific adventure to understand this enigmatic celestial object,» says John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

Müller, who has the same name as a famous German soccer player, jokes that, with alternating dark and bright regions, Makemake may look like a soccer ball.

These sand grains are coarser and less reflective than the fine dust that gives the brighter regions of Mars their ruddy appearance.

Directly to the right of the whale's «head» is the brightest region visible on the planet, which is roughly 990 miles (1,600 kilometers) across.

The bright regions in the spinal canal and brain represent cerebrospinal fluid; the long string extending down the body is the spinal cord.

The spacecraft also took measurements of the planet's surface with a laser, which again suggested patches of ice — although some of the bright regions in the radar images showed up dark in the laser's readings.

Of particular interest is a star at the center of the nebula, just below the brightest region, whose intense light and furious winds appear to have driven out the local gas, forming a spherical void perhaps only 30,000 years agoquite recent, by astronomical standards.

His team has shown that the brightest regions detected by the radio telescopes match up with the coldest areas on Mercury, where ice can exist on the surface.

This reflective material makes it the brightest region on Ceres.

Haulani Crater, one of the brightest regions on Ceres.

The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto on July 14, found that the bright regions correspond to surface deposits of methane.

The bright regions in this solar image, known as active regions in the solar atmosphere, are areas that can spawn giant eruptions on the sun.

The bright region in the center reveals new star formation.

A new picture of Titan by the Cassini spacecraft reveals a bright region in the middle named Xanadu.

Darker regions show the planet's rocky surface and brighter regions are due to clouds, dust and haze.

The equatorial region (30 degrees south to 30 degrees north latitude) is crossed by dark markings, although they are less prominent over the bright region named «Xanadu,» located near longitude 90 degrees.

The observations also revealed a bright region attributed to mountains, which was called Maxwell Montes.

The dark regions correspond to highly ionised regions (such as those around protogalaxies) and the bright regions are dense, neutral pockets of gas.

The ability to create a digital image that provides great detail in darker regions without «washing out» brighter regions, like glaciers, snow - covered areas, and deserts is one of the great challenges of visualizing satellite data.

We find that most of the solar cycle variation in the total solar irradiance can be accounted for by the absolute magnetic field strength on the solar disk, if fields associated with dark and bright regions are considered separately.

Nice exposures are possible when shooting with the Intex Aqua Selfie in fairly well - lit interiors, its limited dynamic range can cause a loss of detail in the brighter regions as well as blocking out shadows.