red shift

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The red shift indicates a change in the electronic structure or optical properties of the material.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2024

The red shift of the intervening galaxy is always less than that of the one being lensed, and each image of the lensed galaxy has the same red shift.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Double the distance, and the red shift is doubled.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 34.5 This graph of red shift versus distance for galaxies shows a linear relationship, with larger red shifts at greater distances, implying an expanding universe.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The apparent recession of the galaxies, with the red shift interpreted through the Doppler effect, is not the only evidence for the Big Bang.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan