GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BIG BANG THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A shift of light waves traveling away from the Earth is known as ____
A
Blue Shift
B
Red Shift
C
Color Spectrum
D
Band of Colors
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ever since 1929, when Edwin Hubble discovered that the Universe is expanding, we have known that most other galaxies are moving away from us. Light from these galaxies is shifted to longer (and this means redder) wavelengths-in other words, it is ‘red-shifted’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Red and blue shifts Observers looking at an object that is moving away from them see light that has a longer wavelength than it had when it was emitted (a redshift), while observers looking at an approaching source see light that is shifted to shorter wavelength (a blueshift).

Detailed explanation-3: -The fabric of space expands. This is the cause primarily responsible for the redshifting we see of distant galaxies. Light travels through the fabric of space, which is expanding as time progresses since the Big Bang, and that expanding space stretches the wavelength of the light that travels through it.

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