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

All galaxies farther away than about 50×106 ly exhibit a red shift in their emitted light that is proportional to distance, with those farther and farther away having progressively greater red shifts.

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

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

If the red shift is due to the expansion of the universe, very different red shifts imply very different distances.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan