A spacecraft is traveling at almost the speed of light towards Alpha Proxima, the closest star outside of our solar system. A spectrometer focused on that star is looking at the wavelengths of light it gives off. Compared to the color observed from Earth, what would you expect to see from the speeding craft?  a The color of light would stay the same.  b The light would shift more to white.  c The light would shift more to blue.  d The light would shift more to red.

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A spacecraft is traveling at almost the speed of light towards Alpha Proxima, the closest star outside of our solar system. A spectrometer focused on that star is looking at the wavelengths of light it gives off. Compared to the color observed from Earth, what would you expect to see from the speeding craft?

 a

The color of light would stay the same.

 b

The light would shift more to white.

 c

The light would shift more to blue.

 d

The light would shift more to red.

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