brightness

The possibility that Betelgeuse has a companion was first raised roughly a century ago as a potential explanation for some of its changes in brightness.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

HDR, or high dynamic range imaging, combines exposures with different brightness levels so that both very bright and very faint details can be preserved in a single image.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

People viewing a partial eclipse can see the brightness of the Sun decrease and feel the temperature drop.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo captured Gerda’s brightness and complexity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Something in the brightness of the room, the volubility of the family, and the squinty smile of the patriarch reminded me of going to my grandfather Southside’s house when I was a kid.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Using data from the Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope, the researchers collected brightnesses for millions of stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the closest galaxies to Earth.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023

This, they said, was consistent with quasars of different "brightnesses," meaning with varying strength to their radio emissions.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023

‘Pray,’ they said, and I laughed, covering myself in the earth’s brightnesses, and then stole off gray into the midst of a revel, and prayed like an orphan.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Besides dramatically boosting the total number of known FRB events, the observations also revealed a very wide range of brightnesses among the recorded events, offering new clues about the astrophysical nature of their mysterious source.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2021

I look at the moons one more time, the smaller one chasing the larger one, two brightnesses up there, still light enough to cast shadows, ignorant of the troubles of men.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness