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
This verification supplies more evidence that red shift is proportional to distance.
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
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
