Sentences with phrase «star at a particular wavelength»
A beam tightly focused by a telescope could greatly outshine a planet's host star at a particular wavelength, Townes realized, popping out as clearly as a red laser pointer aimed at someone from across a stadium flooded with white lights.
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Planets with atmospheres are able to warp starlight in another way: while the body of the planet blocks a big chunk of starlight as it crosses in front of its host star, the planet's thin, enveloping atmosphere absorbs starlight at particular colors, or wavelengths.