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

Its value is determined by taking the slope of a graph of velocity versus distance, obtained from red shift measurements, such as shown in Figure 34.5.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Double the distance, and the red shift is doubled.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Another known cause of red shift in light is the source being in a high gravitational field.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Skeptics argue coincidental alignment and the conventional Hubble-Humason interpretation of the red shift.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan