WHAT DOES THE RED SHIFT IN LIGHT WAVES MEAN

Have you ever stood near railroad tracks and watched a train pass by? As the engine approaches you and then passes by you, you notice a change in the pitch of the sound of the engine. This is due to the length of the sound waves being different as the source of the sound comes toward you and then goes away from you. Light waves behave in a similar fashion. As the light source moves away from you, the light waves coming toward you will shift to the red spectrum which is known at the “red shift”. This is known as the “Doppler Effect”.

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Scientists have noticed a red shift in light coming from stars for many years now. They have also noticed that the further away the stars are that the more is the shift towards the red spectrum. Based on this knowledge, a number of “theoretical physicists” have proposed a theory which they call the “Big Bang” theory. They state that since the light waves coming from all stars have a red shift, that all stars are moving away from each other because of an enormous explosion that occurred 13 billion years ago. They further state that all the matter in the universe (the trillions of massive stars) came from a tiny speck smaller than an atom. The laws of physics state that matter and energy are interrelated and can change from one form to another. No known laws state that matter and energy can come from nothing.

SOMEONE had to start it...

If they had suggested that many galaxies, with their dense black holes, had merged together, became unstable, and then blew up, it would have been a much more acceptable theory.

How is it possible for such brilliant physicists, with their high IQ’s and extensive educations, could possibly be wrong? We may never know why they arrived at their conclusions. Perhaps they have huge egos, have an agenda, or became so obsessed with one possible reason for the red shift that they never bothered to look for any other reasons. It is a frequent occurrence for people to never deviate from one line of thought.

There is another reason why the red shift in light waves can occur. At noon, on a sunny day, the sky appears blue and the clouds white. However, at sundown, the skies and clouds appear pink, then orange, and finally red as the sun sinks in the horizon. Why is this? It is because at noon the light waves from the sun pass through very little atmosphere. However, at sunset the light waves have to pass through the atmosphere at an angle and therefore pass through much more of the atmosphere.

The molecules of matter in the atmosphere affect the length of the rays of light and they are shifted towards the red spectrum, thus the glorious red sunsets on many evenings. The same phenomenon is true of the sun itself. Rays of light coming from what we see as its sides is redder than the rays coming from what we see as its center. This shift is called the “Compton Effect”. While the Doppler Effect depends upon the speed of the light source, the Compton Effect depends upon the matter that the light waves have to pass through.

Arthur H. Compton -- Effecting like no one's business!

Intergalactic space was once thought to be empty. However, it is now known that it is filled with clouds of gas that contain molecular hydrogen. This hydrogen comes from free electrons and photons. When light from stars hits these free electrons they produce the Compton Effect red shift. Therefore, if the red shift is due to the Compton Effect and not the Doppler Effect, there very likely could never have been a “Big Bang”.

"Bazinga!"

The theory that states “The more distant that stars are from us, the faster they are moving away from us as noticed by the redder rays of light.” can be better explained by the fact that “The more distant that stars are from us, the more matter that the rays have to pass through.” Also, having stars continually increasing their speed defies the basic law of motion which states “An object in motion tends to remain in motion, moving in a straight line, at constant speed, unless acted upon by external forces”.

There are other problems with the Big Bang theory. Some objects in space are so large that they could not have been formed in the time the Big Bang existed. Some elements also require a longer time to form. Also, if all matter is supposed to be moving apart from all other matter, why do stars collect in galaxies and why do galaxies collide with each other.

Billions and billions of wrong...?

When Carl Sagan was once asked if he believed that the red shift was due to the Compton Effect, he became upset and said that such information would change everything. Did he imply that the “Big Bang” theory was wrong? The problem with having erroneous thoughts is that many people refuse to admit that they are wrong. We have always seen this in politics and now we notice this line of thinking in many people in various fields of science.