redshift
noun
red·shift
ˈred-ˈshift 
: a displacement of the spectrum of a celestial body toward longer wavelengths that is a consequence of the Doppler effect or the gravitational field of the source
also
: a measurement of a celestial body's redshift equal to the ratio of the displacement of a spectral line to its known unshifted wavelength and used especially to calculate the body's distance from earth
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Located at redshifts of 30 or more, JWST may be incapable of finding them.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Due to that distance, features are hard to resolve, and the redshift caused by the Universe's expansion takes the intense UV radiation from many elements and stretches them deep into the infrared.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Galaxies far enough from Earth undergo strong redshifts, with their light’s wavelength being stretched out on the journey to our telescopes by the intervening expansion of space.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 June 2024
Even galaxies from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang (redshifts of 7 and above), which had previously been only observed by Hubble as blobs of light, seem to be being resolved by Webb as having some kind of structure.
—Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Due to that distance, features are hard to resolve, and the redshift caused by the Universe's expansion takes the intense UV radiation from many elements and stretches them deep into the infrared.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Galaxies far enough from Earth undergo strong redshifts, with their light’s wavelength being stretched out on the journey to our telescopes by the intervening expansion of space.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 June 2024
Even galaxies from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang (redshifts of 7 and above), which had previously been only observed by Hubble as blobs of light, seem to be being resolved by Webb as having some kind of structure.
—Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
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redshift
noun
red·shift
ˈred-ˈshift
: displacement of a spectrum especially of a heavenly body toward longer wavelengths
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