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
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
He then found that all but the closest galaxies have a red shift in their hydrogen spectra that is proportional to their distance.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Skeptics argue coincidental alignment and the conventional Hubble-Humason interpretation of the red shift.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
