Comments
Posts

Posts Tagged ‘red-shifted’

What is the Doppler effect?

The phenomenon that explains the apparent change in wavelength of radiation (either sound waves or light waves) due to relative motion between the source and the receiver. This was first described, and hence named after, the Austrian physicist Christian Doppler in 1842. In simpler terms… Read more…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Dan - 07/06/2010 at 8:13 am

Categories: Physics   Tags: , ,