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Light Emitted by a Distant Galaxy Pierces Through the Early Universe's Fog
The JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRc) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) were instrumental in identifying the galaxy and ...
Webb Telescope Detects “Impossible” Light From the Dawn of Time
Unexpected, Bright Hydrogen Emission Caught Astronomers by Surprise In the early universe, space was filled with a dense fog ...
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What Is "Tired Light", The Theory That Denies The Big Bang?
Both scenarios hinge on the fact that more distant galaxies appear redder than those closer to Earth – a phenomenon known as ...
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Cosmological red shift of the light from galaxies
Similarly, light wavelengths from an object emitting light are stretched by movement away from the observer. This is called the red shift. Light wavelengths from an object emitting light are ...
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Red shift and the Big Bang
This is called red-shift. Light is shifted towards the long wavelength, red end of the spectrum. This tells us that: other galaxies are moving away from our galaxy; the Universe is expanding.