On the Spectrum
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An interactive tour

On the Spectrum

From radio waves longer than the Earth is wide to gamma rays smaller than an atom’s nucleus: one continuous electromagnetic wave that stretches and tightens as you scroll.

The whole spectrum

Twenty-two powers of ten. One kind of wave. Radio, microwave, infrared, light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays are the same phenomenon, differing only in wavelength.

A short history