- a variation of redshift.
red shift
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The red shift that can be observed in light from distant galaxies suggests that the universe is expanding, and thus supports the Big Bang theory.
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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
This verification supplies more evidence that red shift is proportional to distance.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Double the distance, and the red shift is doubled.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The explanation is that there is a cosmological red shift due to the expansion of space itself.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Or the red shift might be a Doppler effect due not to the general expansion of the universe but rather to a more modest and local galactic explosion.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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