The question is now: What can possibly be the cause of all this infrared luminosity?The astronomers who discovered the phenomenon suggest two possible causes. One, there can be a quasar buried at the core of the cloud producing the energy, or two, there is a burst of ... long. The quasar can only last about 1 million years before its radiation pressure blows away the cloud. The result is that ...
result. At night, the Earth radiates that heat into space, such radiation taking the form of infrared waves. The chief components of Earth ... as they are to ordinary light. Carbon dioxide, however, absorbs infrared and reradiates it in all directions. Some returns to the surface and keeps the Earth a little warmer than it would be if there were no carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.This is a ...