Chorus:
Shift to the red.
To the lower frequency, I said.
Shift to the blue.
To a higher frequency, towards you.
Sound waves compressed.
(Shift to the red.)
What you hear isn't always what you get.
(Shift to the blue.)
Like a siren fading as an ambulance goes by.
(Shift to the red.)
Stars emitting energy traveling through the dark space-like sky.
(Shift to the blue.)
Visible object moving towards us in sight.
Absorption lines shifted towards the blue side of the visible light.
Chorus
Narrow spikes in the accretion disk.
(Shift to the red.)
Find the black hole's radius.
(Shift to the blue.)
Dark matter tugs at the probes.
(Shift to the red.)
What will happen to all the globes?
(Shift to the blue.)
Visible object moving towards us in sight.
Absorption lines shifted towards the blue side of the visible light.
Chorus
Objects moving away, waves are stretched.
(Shift to the red.)
We ain't seen nothing yet.
(Shift to the blue.)
How sound is compressed and stretched can be a gift.
(Shift to the red.)
And, it's called the Doppler shift.
(Shift to the blue.)
Visible object moving towards us in sight.
Absorption lines shifted towards the blue side of the visible light.
Chorus
Visible object moving towards us in sight.
Absorption lines shifted towards the blue side of the visible light.
Chorus
Author notes
sources:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/redshift.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/blackhole_light_020626.html
https://www.space.com/syn/avantgo/mystery_monday_041018.html
The Cyclical Serpent by Paul Halpern
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you can sing
you can sing the universe, the physics with Haley Mary. wow. everything, everything you touched Mary, turns into alive. you have the power of the creator in your poetry. you are THE HALEY MARY. -
Nice. This is like learning while singing or something.
I enjoyed this little tune. Very informative. Keep up the good work.
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Scienterrific
I love the way you make science so fascinating
This flowed extremely well Haley. You kept great meter for using a technical expression. That had to be tough, but only you could pull that off.
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Good lyrics Haley, your images you have written to accompany with them are fantastic. Thanks for sharing another scientific journey with you.
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ooooo I like this!! This was awesome!!!! Great write!!
~Michaela~
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okay, not only do you write intelligent poetry, but you are now putting it to a beat that I could actually hum while reading!
lol - well done Haley - excellent job (as usual!)
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Thanks for the wonderful comment, Chantell. It's always nice to know that people can start to imagine a tune to my lyrics. I'll be sure to return the favor later on. Take care.
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