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red shift

NOUN
shift in galaxy spectra
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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

Discuss how this not only shows that the images are of the same object, but also implies that the red shift is not affected by taking different paths through space.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Double the distance, and the red shift is doubled.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The explanation is that there is a cosmological red shift due to the expansion of space itself.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Skeptics argue coincidental alignment and the conventional Hubble-Humason interpretation of the red shift.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan



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