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- noun physics A change in the
wavelength oflight , in which the wavelength is longer than when it wasemitted at the source. - noun politics The statistical bias towards Republican (or Blue Dog) candidates of US federal elections whose reported results vary considerably from those indicated by voter exit polls.
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- noun (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
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Conversely, to achieve a certain redshift in such a universe, the light has to travel a greater distance than it would in a uniformly expanding universe, in which case the supernova has to be farther away and therefore appear dimmer.
Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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The stretching makes visible light look redder, which is known as the redshift.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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The stretching makes visible light look redder, which is known as the redshift.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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The stretching makes visible light look redder, which is known as the redshift.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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The stretching makes visible light look redder, which is known as the redshift.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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Edwin Hubble observed and measured the departure of galaxies using a technique known as the redshift in physics.
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: The Mirror on the Universe Is 21 Years Old Now PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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Edwin Hubble observed and measured the departure of galaxies using a technique known as the redshift in physics.
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: The Mirror on the Universe Is 21 Years Old Now PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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Whether this would explain all of the redshift is another matter, but it would seem to explain redshift as having other possible causes then only recession.
A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007
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The advantages of this new method is that it goes to high redshift, that is, it looks at the expansion history of the Universe from 1. 7-6.3 in redshift.
Evolving dark energy? Sean 2006
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It has a so-called redshift of 6.29, which translates to a distance of about 13 billion light-years from Earth.
Cosmic Violence cjohnson 2005
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