redshifted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of redshifted
Example Sentences
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It seemed that these redshifted galaxies were all moving away from the Milky Way.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025
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
In general, the farther away a cosmic object is from us on Earth, the more redshifted its light will be.
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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