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Can you think of any objects or processes outside the solar system that might affect the earth?
Yes, objects like asteroids or comets from interstellar space can potentially collide with Earth and cause significant impact. Additionally, cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or gamma-ray bursts from distant sources could also affect Earth's atmosphere or climate.
Are gamma rays blocked by the atmosphere?
Yes, a majority of gamma rays are blocked by the Earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere acts as a shield against the harmful effects of gamma rays by absorbing and scattering them. Only a small fraction of gamma rays from space can penetrate into Earth's atmosphere.
Could gamma rays be blocked by the Earth's atmosphere?
Yes. Our atmosphere blocks cosmic and solar gamma rays.
Can the earth's atmosphere stop gamma rays waves?
yes it can stop it
How long would it take gamma rays from an exploding star to reach earth?
Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and thus they travel at the speed of light. If a star is one light year away, it will reach Earth in one year.
Why can gamma rays from objects in space not be detected on Earth's surface?
Gamma rays that originate from objects in space can be absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, making it difficult for them to reach the surface. Additionally, Earth's atmosphere shields us from harmful high-energy radiation like gamma rays, which is a good thing for life on Earth. To detect gamma rays from space, scientists use satellites or high-altitude balloons above Earth's atmosphere.
Do gamma rays hit the surface of earth?
Yes, gamma rays from outer space can reach the surface of the Earth. However, much of the high-energy gamma radiation is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere, particularly the ozone layer, before reaching the surface.
Do any gamma rays at all make it to the surface of Earth?
Almost all gamma rays are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere, or deflected by the magnetosphere, but some do manage to get through. Those that reach the surface of the Earth are mostly secondary comic rays, which are produced when gamma rays or primary cosmic rays hit the top of the atmosphere.
Which layer of the atmosphere blocks gamma rays?
The ozone layer in the stratosphere blocks gamma rays from reaching the Earth's surface.
Why use satellites and earth orbiting observatories to study the universe at x ray or gamma ray wave lengths?
Those radiations hardly reach Earth's surface, because they are absorbed by the atmosphere.
Are Gamma rays harmful to earth?
Gamma rays are not necessarily harmful to the planet Earth, but to all the living organisms that inhabit it, as Gamma is a powerful form of radiation.
How much of the Sun's radiation doesn't even reach Earth's surface?
Roughly 30% of the Sun's radiation is reflected back into space by the atmosphere, clouds, and surface of the Earth, before it reaches the planet's surface. This includes both direct reflection and scattering of solar radiation.
What type of space objects gives out gamma rays?
Quasars.
Does the earths atmosphere block Gamma rays X-rays and most UV light?
Ozone, on the surface of earth is a corrosive and poisonous gas but at the height of 20-50 km from the Earth i.e. in the earth's atmosphere, becomes vital to life as it absorbs almost all u.v. radiations which are harmful to living things.
Can you think of any objects or processes outside the solar system that might affect the earth?
Yes, objects like asteroids or comets from interstellar space can potentially collide with Earth and cause significant impact. Additionally, cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or gamma-ray bursts from distant sources could also affect Earth's atmosphere or climate.
What would happen if Earth erupted gamma rays?
The earth would have to be a supermassive dying star to emit gamma rays.
What are gamma ray emitting objects on earth?
Gamma rays are extremely high energy electromagnetic radiation. The source of gamma rays is nuclear "change" like radioactive decay. Radioisotopes, which are either the natural or artificial radioactive isotopes of elements, occur in river deltas, granite, some older paints, some older ceramics, nuclear waste, and specifically irradiated materials that have been made radioactive to be applied to medical devices (like 60Co "pencils" used for medical treatment) or industrial imaging or irradiation sterilization equipments.
