Question

Why do some quasars have red shifts greater than 1?

Answer 1

Answer:

D) Einstein proved it is impossible to have a redshift greater than 1; these are all due to gravitational lensing tricking us

Explanation:

By Einstein's theory of relativity the maximum value of the red shift is 1. This correspond to a case in which the observed frequency equals the emitted frequency:

$z=\frac{f_e-f_o}{f_o}$

in other cases the red shift is lower than one.

Hence, the gravitational lens change the measurements of the observed frequency and because of that we calculate a greater red shift.

Hence, the answer is:

D) Einstein proved it is impossible to have a redshift greater than 1; these are all due to gravitational lensing tricking us

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