If the speed of light is a constant, why does the red shift occur?

Subject: If the speed of light is a constant, why does the red shift occur?

Date: Wed Mar 6 23:10:36 2002
Posted by Tom
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The way I understand the Doppler effect with sound, it happens because of one 
object moving toward or away from another.  But how would this work with 
light, since the speed of light doesn't depend on the relative motions of the 
two objects?

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