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Radio waves are a kind of light too

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The only difference between the harmless music signals hitting your antenna and the lethal radiation emitted by a nuclear blast is how aggressively they vibrate. Both are just photons traveling at the speed of light. It is like the difference between being gently tapped by a feather and being shot by a cannonball made of feathers. Frequency dictates whether they entertain you or vaporize you.

Radio waves are a kind of light too
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