Bill Turner wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:48:46 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:


Most astronomers don't believe the
red shift is pure Doppler effect.

Correct. Much of it appears to be from the expansion of the universe.
The effects can be shown to be different.

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I'm not an astronomer but I've wondered about that too. Perhaps the red
shift from distant objects is just simply caused by the photons
gradually losing energy after a few billion years. A lower energy photon
means a longer wavelength, i.e. a red shift.

That was actually posited in the 1920's, and tested -- the answer was
"nope".

The lost energy could explain the "background radiation" of the cosmos.

I think God likes playing with our minds. I would if I were him. :-)



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