UM-Bot Posted June 11, 2018 #1 Share Posted June 11, 2018 A long-running mystery concerning an unexplained glow in parts of the night sky has finally been solved. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/318748/mystery-glow-is-due-to-spinning-nanodiamonds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted June 11, 2018 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Never have the lyrics of a nursery rhyme been so apt: Quote Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinacottontail Posted June 12, 2018 #3 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Diamonds are a girl's best friend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted June 12, 2018 #4 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Could someone explain how spinning nanodiamonds emit microwave radiation? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted June 12, 2018 #5 Share Posted June 12, 2018 8 hours ago, pallidin said: Could someone explain how spinning nanodiamonds emit microwave radiation? From the article: Due to a unique arrangement of atoms, nanodiamonds emit radiation as they spin, leading to the glow detected by astronomers on Earth. As they spin so exceptionally fast, the waves of radiation they emit are small – microwave sized – rather than larger wavelengths that would likely be drowned out by other sources of radiation from space. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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