spectra
Americannoun
noun
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The spectra of the little red dots differed significantly from known dust-reddened active galactic nuclei.
From Science Daily
Understanding the full picture requires precise measurements of the energy spectra of different cosmic ray species and their individual "knees."
From Science Daily
"The infrared wavelengths of our observations overlap with an important silicate dust feature that's characteristic of some red supergiant spectra," Kilpatrick said.
From Science Daily
“This was intriguing, but without a way to obtain spectra of those stars, we could not really establish whether we were witnessing genuine accretion and the presence of disks, or just some artificial effects.”
From Salon
The team gathered spectra of that star’s light with two optical telescopes.
From Science Magazine
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