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
Another known cause of red shift in light is the source being in a high gravitational field.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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
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
This red shift, observed in the spectral lines of distant galaxies and interpreted as a Doppler effect, is the key to cosmology.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
