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
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
This verification supplies more evidence that red shift is proportional to distance.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Its value is determined by taking the slope of a graph of velocity versus distance, obtained from red shift measurements, such as shown in Figure 34.5.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Or the red shift might be a Doppler effect due not to the general expansion of the universe but rather to a more modest and local galactic explosion.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
