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

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

All galaxies farther away than about 50×106 ly exhibit a red shift in their emitted light that is proportional to distance, with those farther and farther away having progressively greater red shifts.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

What does this imply, assuming that the only source of red shift is relative motion?

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

This suggested that the red shift was instead caused by the expansion of the universe, which, in turn, meant that the object was a very long distance away.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking