Rayonnement du corps noirvignette|303px|Au fur et à mesure que la température diminue, le sommet de la courbe de rayonnement du corps noir se déplace à des intensités plus faibles et des longueurs d'onde plus grandes. Le diagramme de rayonnement du corps noir est comparé avec le modèle classique de Rayleigh et Jeans. vignette|303px|La couleur (chromaticité) du rayonnement du corps noir dépend de la température du corps noir. Le lieu géométrique de telles couleurs, représenté ici en espace x,y CIE XYZ, est connu sous le nom de lieu géométrique de Planck.
Decoupling (cosmology)In cosmology, decoupling refers to a period in the development of the universe when different types of particles fall out of thermal equilibrium with each other. This occurs as a result of the expansion of the universe, as their interaction rates decrease (and mean free paths increase) up to this critical point. The two verified instances of decoupling since the Big Bang which are most often discussed are photon decoupling and neutrino decoupling, as these led to the cosmic microwave background and cosmic neutrino background, respectively.
Stellar parallaxStellar parallax is the apparent shift of position (parallax) of any nearby star (or other object) against the background of distant stars. By extension, it is a method for determining the distance to the star through trigonometry, the stellar parallax method. Created by the different orbital positions of Earth, the extremely small observed shift is largest at time intervals of about six months, when Earth arrives at opposite sides of the Sun in its orbit, giving a baseline distance of about two astronomical units between observations.
Parallax in astronomyThe most important fundamental distance measurements in astronomy come from trigonometric parallax, as applied in the stellar parallax method. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the position of nearby stars will appear to shift slightly against the more distant background. These shifts are angles in an isosceles triangle, with 2 AU (the distance between the extreme positions of Earth's orbit around the Sun) making the base leg of the triangle and the distance to the star being the long equal-length legs.
