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
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
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
As galaxies move away from us, their light is shifted to a lower frequency, and so to a longer wavelength—the so-called red shift.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
