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
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
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
But such gravitational lensing is also useful in verifying that the red shift is proportional to distance.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
More surprising still was the finding that Hubble published in 1929: even the size of a galaxy’s red shift is not random, but is directly proportional to the galaxy’s distance from us.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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