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
Another known cause of red shift in light is the source being in a high gravitational field.
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
Arp points to other cases in which a galaxy with a small red shift is flanked by two quasars of large and almost identical red shift.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
