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Light from moving objects will appear to have different wavelengths depending on the relative motion of the source and the observer.

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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).