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This region of the solar system contains the ideal mix of ultraviolet light and chemical reactions to usher in early life. — Saqib Shah, Fox News, "Mysterious 'Super Earth' planet 'most likely' candidate to host life - but there's a huge problem," 3 Aug. 2018 Inside that cloud, the gas interacts with ultraviolet light from the Sun and becomes ionized. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Why Is the 'Christmas Comet' Green?," 18 Dec. 2018 Its Aladin instrument includes a laser that generates pulses of ultraviolet light, which are beamed down into the atmosphere to profile the world's winds. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: China aims for the Moon, SpaceX gets approval for load-and-go," 17 Aug. 2018 According to Mayo Clinic, basal cell carcinoma is a type of skin cancer that is thought to be caused by long-term exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight. — Temi Adebowale, Good Housekeeping, "Melanie Griffith Makes Plea to Fans After Revealing "Final Stage" to Remove Skin Cancer," 27 Aug. 2018 The orbiter’s main spectrometer, NOMAD, operates in the infrared, ultraviolet and visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. — Nisha Gaind, Scientific American, "Mars Probe Poised to Solve Red Planet’s Methane Mystery," 26 Apr. 2018 The key components to this new method of detection are an ordinary smartphone, some special software downloaded onto the phone, a box made from Lego bricks, ultraviolet light, a standard 96-well test plate– and a special sauce, so to speak. — Allison Barrie, Fox News, "Innovative project harnesses Legos and smartphones in the fight against invisible, deadly weapons," 13 July 2018 Free radicals are created by environmental pollutants and ultraviolet radiation. — Talia Abbas, SELF, "I Had a Dermatologist Critique My Skin-Care Routine—and Here's What I'm Changing," 20 June 2018 Methane is also quickly broken down by ultraviolet radiation, so any of the gas discovered on Mars was probably released recently. — Adam Mann, Scientific American, "Curiosity Rover Uncovers Long-Sought Organic Materials on Martian Surface," 7 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ultraviolet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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