redshifted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of redshifted
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Only it was redshifted tremendously, meaning the object was traveling away from Earth at a fantastic speed, almost 30,000 miles a second, and was fantastically far away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The Carina nebula is within our home galaxy, so it’s not far away enough to get redshifted.
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
“We looked at ultraviolet light specifically, as that is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum we expected to find the redshifted chemical signatures,” Kashikawa said.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 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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