the origin of photons

hey /b/, why is almost all blackbody radiation in the infrared range? More to the point, why is everything constantly throwing off photons all the time anyway?

basically when an atom becomes excited, through heating, electrical exitment, etc, the electron that has become excited will relax, releasing a photon in the process. is this enough detail, or do you want more infos?

Basically my question is why does increased movement of atoms/molecules put the electrons into higher orbits? I'm totally onboard with electrons absorbing photons and then shedding them later to drop into a stable orbit, my question is about how kinetic energy relates to electron orbits.

good question. I've done some research into this and havnt been able to come up with a satisfactory answer. I have my own personal theories, but...that's my own stuff, I can't prove it. I would suggest posting this in /sci/, though. there may be somone there who knows the answer.

any help, /sci/?

atoms can have loads of electrons at different distances fro man atom, even a hydrogen atom can have more than 1 electron if it is part of a negatively charged material. The electrons occupy shells of differnet distances from the nucleus which they share with 1 more electron, when an electron gets excited it goes up one shell, sometimes the electorn escapes, but usually it snaps back down again to it's original position.

this super quick movement in the electric field of the electron causes a magnetic field to be produced, which in turn creates an electric field perpendicular to it. The 2 fields oscillate in relation to each other and move out at the speed of light. Which is why the speed of gravity and the speed of light are the same as light is essentially a field.