21.3k views
2 votes
In your own words, explain red shift and blue shift. Use at least two complete sentences to write your answer.

User Skzryzg
by
5.1k points

1 Answer

1 vote

Answer:

Redshift and blueshift show how light shifts to shorter or longer wavelengths as objects in space move closer of farther away from us. People looking at an object that is moving away from them see light that has a longer wavelength than it had when it was produced (a redshift), while people looking at an source coming closer see light that is shifted to shorter wavelength (a blueshift).

User Vlad From Moscow
by
5.9k points