IUVS observed a drop in the amount of sunlight
scattered by hydrogen in the upper atmosphere.
Not exact matches
Because all elements in the universe heavier than
hydrogen, helium, and lithium have been forged
by nuclear fusion in the cores of stars and then
scattered into space
by supernova explosions, the find indicates that the galaxy, at the age we're now observing it, was old enough for at least one generation of stars to have formed, lived, and died.
Photography picks up fainter, outlying blues from light
scattering off dust particles and reds emitted
by hydrogen.
Hydrogen atoms
scatter solar ultraviolet light, and it was this light that was imaged
by the IUVS.
The image shows sunlight that has been
scattered by atomic
hydrogen, shown as blue in this false - color representation.
He usually has to settle for the whisper of
hydrogen and ammonia molecules, picked up
by radio towers
scattered across the world.
This image shows atomic
hydrogen scattering sunlight in the upper atmosphere of Mars, as seen
by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph on the MAVEN spacecraft.