News tagged with microwave radiation

New Research Promises Better Atomic Clocks

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most accurate timekeepers in the world are atomic clocks, which tell time based on the absorption of a very specific and unchanging microwave frequency, which induces electrons in an atom to “jump” from ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1 feature

Planck spacecraft follows Herschel to launch site

(PhysOrg.com) -- Planck, ESA’s microwave observatory that will study the relic radiation of the Big Bang, was shipped from Ličge, Belgium, to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 18 February. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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