IRAS
Britishabbreviation
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In 1983 the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, or IRAS, was launched.
From Scientific American • Nov. 16, 2021
Before Jan. 1, only people not covered by company pension plans were eligible, but now virtually all workers can open IRAS.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before IRAS, telescopes placed aboard spacecraft gathered either conventional "visible" light, in the range of the human eye, or higher-frequency ultraviolet radiation, X rays and gamma rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
IRAS, by contrast, operates at the other end of the electromagnetic spectrum: it "sees" in the dark by detecting the long waves of infrared radiation, or heat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMION, IRAS, and Train O madam, I have seen what blasts my eyes!
From All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy by Dryden, John
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