redshifted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of redshifted
Example Sentences
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Some will likely turn out to be mirages, much closer galaxies masquerading as more remote ones because they contain large amounts of dust, which also causes their light to be redshifted.
From Scientific American • Dec. 6, 2022
It had the same telltale signature, and was even more redshifted, meaning it was even farther away.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2022
But many galaxies in the deep field image are far away enough that the light they emit does get redshifted, leaving scientists to translate it back into a form that our eyes can understand.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2022
Specifically, the team pivoted to look at ultraviolet light to find the redshifted chemical signatures.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020
If a star is moving away, the opposite happens; the light is stretched out and redshifted.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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