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      • Gamma rays have the highest energy and shortest wavelength. Then come X-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared radiation and microwave radiation. Finally, radio waves have the lowest energy and longest wavelength.
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  1. Aug 6, 2023 · Scientists have detected the sun emitting an extraordinary amount of gamma rays — light wavelengths known to carry the most energy of any other wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.

  2. Gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths and highest energies among the electromagnetic spectrum. Their wavelengths range from about 10 picometers (pm) to less than 1 femtometer (fm). In contrast, X-rays have longer wavelengths, typically ranging from 0.01 to 10 nanometers (nm).

  3. May 24, 2021 · Astronomers using the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) in China have now detected gamma rays with energies higher than 1 PeV – that’s 1,000 TeV, or 10 times higher than the...

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  4. Nov 14, 2014 · Radio waves have photons with low energies, microwave photons have a little more energy than radio waves, infrared photons have still more, then visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, and, the most energetic of all, gamma-rays.

  5. Both x-rays and gamma rays are forms of high-frequency (high-energy) ionizing radiation, which means they have enough energy to remove an electron from (ionize) an atom or molecule. Ionizing radiation can damage the DNA (genes) inside a cell.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gamma_rayGamma ray - Wikipedia

    In astrophysics, gamma rays are conventionally defined as having photon energies above 100 keV and are the subject of gamma-ray astronomy, while radiation below 100 keV is classified as X-rays and is the subject of X-ray astronomy. Gamma rays are ionizing radiation and are thus hazardous to life.

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  8. Nov 4, 2024 · Ionizing radiation includes the more energetic end of the electromagnetic spectrum (X-rays and gamma rays) and subatomic particles, such as electrons, neutrons, and alpha particles (helium nuclei each comprising two protons and two neutrons).

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