Cosmic ray visual phenomena, or light flashes (LF), also known as Astronaut's Eye, are spontaneous flashes of light visually perceived by some astronauts...
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brain Cosmic ray visual phenomena Environmental radioactivity – Radioactivity naturally present within the Earth Extragalactic cosmic ray – very-high-energy...
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Visible spectrum (redirect from Visual spectrum)
media related to Visible spectrum. High-energy visible light Cosmic ray visual phenomena Electromagnetic absorption by water Two-photon absorption - A...
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Microwave auditory effect (redirect from Microwave hearing phenomena)
auditory system response to modulated electromagnetic energy". Cosmic ray visual phenomena Electroreception Havana syndrome Photoacoustic effect Sound from...
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"shooting stars" (phosphenes) seen in the visual field of astronauts, an effect termed cosmic ray visual phenomena. Passing through the South Atlantic Anomaly...
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relationship between flashes seen by astronauts in space and cosmic rays, the cosmic ray visual phenomena. In December 1993, the Akeno Giant Air Shower Array in...
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Sprite (lightning) (category Electrical phenomena)
(includes Blue Jets) Aurora (astronomy) Catatumbo lightning Cosmic ray visual phenomena Rodger, C. J. (1999). "Red sprites, upward lightning, and VLF...
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first cosmic (beyond the Solar System) X-ray source was discovered by a sounding rocket in 1962. Called Scorpius X-1 (Sco X-1) (the first X-ray source...
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Cherenkov radiation (category Physical phenomena)
the vitreous humour, giving the impression of flashes, as in cosmic ray visual phenomena and possibly some observations of criticality accidents. Cherenkov...
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X- and gamma-rays, a first for the Space Station. Aurora (astronomy) Sprite (lightning) Catatumbo lightning Cosmic ray visual phenomena List of European...
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blurry after too much time in space. Another effect is known as cosmic ray visual phenomena. [a] NASA survey of 300 male and female astronauts, about 23...
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Lovecraftian horror (redirect from Cosmic horror)
when confronted by phenomena beyond our comprehension, whose scope extends beyond the narrow field of human affairs and boasts of cosmic significance". Here...
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neutrino background Cosmic noise Cosmic ray Cosmic ray spallation Cosmic ray visual phenomena Cosmic string Cosmic variance Cosmogenic nuclide Cosmogony...
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Helios (spacecraft) (section Cosmic ray instrument)
The cosmic ray detectors studied how the Sun and interplanetary medium influenced the spread of the same rays, of solar or galactic origin. The cosmic ray...
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Interstellar medium (redirect from Cosmic fog)
includes gas in ionic, atomic, and molecular form, as well as dust and cosmic rays. It fills interstellar space and blends smoothly into the surrounding...
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Unidentified flying object (redirect from Unidentified Aerial Phenomena)
investigation, most UFOs are identified as known objects or atmospheric phenomena, while a small number remain unexplained. While unusual sightings have...
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Electromagnetic spectrum (section X-rays)
with high accuracy through the effects of Compton scattering. Bandplan Cosmic ray Electroencephalography Infrared window Ionizing radiation Optical window...
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Big Bang (section Cosmic acceleration)
explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale...
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observatories. Powerful gamma rays can, however be detected by the large air showers they produce, and the study of cosmic rays is a rapidly expanding branch...
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Redshift (redirect from Cosmic redshift)
which also travel at the speed of light, are subject to the same redshift phenomena. The value of a redshift is often denoted by the letter z, corresponding...
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Sun (redirect from Solar X-ray astronomy)
the heliopause. In late 2012, Voyager 1 recorded a marked increase in cosmic ray collisions and a sharp drop in lower energy particles from the solar wind...
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Bruno Rossi (category Cosmic ray physicists)
particle physics and the study of cosmic rays. A 1927 graduate of the University of Bologna, he became interested in cosmic rays. To study them, he invented...
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philosophers like Thales rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena and proclaimed that every event had a natural cause. They proposed ideas...
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List of effects (category Scientific phenomena)
controversy) Focusing effect (cognitive biases) Forbush effect (cosmic rays) (solar phenomena) Forer effect (cognitive biases) (history of astrology) (psychological...
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Parapsychology (redirect from Psi phenomena)
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis)...
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Supernova (category Stellar phenomena)
trigger the formation of new stars. Supernovae are a major source of cosmic rays. They might also produce gravitational waves. The word supernova has...
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Space weather (section Phenomena)
recently been verified by visual observations from the STEREO spacecraft. Neutron monitors on the ground indirectly monitor cosmic rays from the Sun and galactic...
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Solar flare (category Cosmic doomsday)
flare phenomena can be characterized by power-law distributions. For example, the peak fluxes of radio, extreme ultraviolet, and hard and soft X-ray emissions;...
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List of solar storms (section Soft X-ray solar flares)
Coronal mass ejection Earth's magnetic field Gamma-ray burst and hypernova Health threat from cosmic rays Heliosphere Miyake event Solar cycle Space physics...
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Event horizon (redirect from Cosmic event horizon)
the speed of light, preventing signals from traveling to some regions. A cosmic event horizon is a real event horizon because it affects all kinds of signals...
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