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Is the Earth's atmosphere a Faraday cage?
X-ray telescopes are required to be above the atmosphere as the atmosphere blocks EM waves with wavelengths < UV . Does this mean that the Earth's atmosphere can be thought of as a Faraday cage ...
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Electromagnetic wave reflection vs. light reflection
Related: x-ray interaction with atmosphere
I know that electromagnetic waves of particular frequencies reflect from the ionosphere. And the light (which from one perspective is an electromagnetic ...
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Can extra-solar gamma rays reach the Earth's surface?
Can gamma rays of high enough energy entering our planet's atmosphere reach the surface (50% probability)?
Or, in other words, is there a window for extremely high-energy gamma rays like for the ...
