red shift
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Its principal task was to show that the gravitational pull of the sun increased the wavelength of light rays, the so-called red shift, which would help verify Einstein’s theory of relativity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The red shift indicates a change in the electronic structure or optical properties of the material.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
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
What does this imply, assuming that the only source of red shift is relative motion?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The most obvious explanation of the red shift was in terms of the Doppler effect: the galaxies were receding from us; the more distant the galaxy the greater its speed of recession.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
