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The 54 pages that link to Thermal radiation, each with the reason it gives.

• Radio astronomyRelated: Thermal radio emission traces objects including planets, dust, and ionized gas.

• Infrared astronomyRelated: Telescope structures and the atmosphere produce thermal backgrounds that infrared instruments must suppress.

• Heat transferRelated: It transfers heat without requiring material contact or a medium.

• EctothermyRelated: Sunlight and infrared exchange can warm or cool an ectotherm without contact.

• Thermal energyRelated: It transfers energy without requiring direct contact or a material medium.

• CryogenicsRelated: Radiative heat leaks can overwhelm a cryogenic system unless carefully shielded.

• GreenhouseRelated: Radiative heat exchange helps determine how quickly a greenhouse loses warmth.

• Radioisotope thermoelectric generatorRelated: Radiators dispose of waste heat while maintaining the generator’s hot-to-cold gradient.

• Space telescopeRelated: Infrared observatories must control their own heat to avoid overwhelming faint signals.

• Yarkovsky effectRelated: The body loses heat through emitted radiation, whose recoil produces the force.

• Passive coolingRelated: Surfaces gain or lose heat by exchanging infrared radiation with their surroundings.

• RadiometryRelated: Radiometry quantifies the energy transfer carried by thermal emission.

• HiroshimaRelated: The bomb’s heat caused widespread burns and fires across the city.

• NagasakiRelated: The bomb’s heat caused burns and fires across the affected area.

• Poynting–Robertson effectRelated: A warmed grain re-emits absorbed stellar energy, carrying momentum away.

• Space suitRelated: Radiation dominates heat exchange where conduction and convection are limited.

• Atomic bombing of HiroshimaRelated: The intense flash caused severe burns and fires across Hiroshima.

• InsulationRelated: Reflective surfaces can limit radiative heat exchange across gaps.

• Ralph AlpherRelated: The relic radiation Alpher and Herman predicted originated as heat in the early universe.

• Solar furnaceRelated: At high temperatures, the receiver loses substantial energy by radiating heat outward.

• Unruh effectRelated: The accelerated observer’s response has a thermal spectrum rather than an arbitrary excitation pattern.

• James DewarRelated: Dewar’s reflective flask surfaces reduced heat entering by radiation.

• Aluminium foilRelated: A clean, shiny foil surface reflects much incoming and outgoing thermal radiation.

• Cryogenics & vacuum technologyRelated: Radiation remains a major heat-transfer path even when vacuum removes gas conduction.

• Infrared telescopeRelated: Warm telescope components emit infrared light that can overwhelm astronomical signals.

• KleptothermyRelated: Nearby animals can exchange radiant heat even without direct contact.

• Smudge potRelated: Radiative heat loss from plants and soil drives many frost events that heaters try to counter.