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There Are Colors Missing From The Sun – And We Still Can't Fully Explain Why

One of the best visualizations ever produced of the spectrum of light from our glorious Sun reveals some mysterious holes in ...
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This is the first ever map of the entire sky in an incredible 102 infrared colors

NASA has just released two images from its recent near-infrared SPHEREx mission. This is an incredible near-infrared space ...
Newsweek

Single Metalens Focuses Entire Light Spectrum Into One Point for First Time—Tech Could Revolutionize Virtual Reality

Scientists have used a new lens to focus all the colors of the rainbow into one point. This is the first time a single lens has been used to focus the entire spectrum of light, including white light.
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There's a reason the sky is yellow, green during a storm. But it's not promising a tornado

On a clear, sunny day, we are met with blue skies. But on days of severe weather, it’s no surprise to be met with dark skies. Sometimes, it even appears green or yellow outside. Here’s a simplified ...
Purdue University

Measuring Visible Light

How can we measure visible light? The electromagnetic spectrum includes all forms of light energy, known as electromagnetic radiation. (1) Different types of electromagnetic radiation such as radio ...
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Omnidirectional color wavelength tuning of stretchable chiral liquid crystal elastomers

a) Illustration of the omnidirectional wavelength-tunable color device featuring a mechanochromic chiral liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) and an electrically deformable dielectric elastomer actuator ...