The Cluster's Redshift

A page about the redshift of pages moving away from the cluster's core.

The redshift

When a page moves away from the core, its content shifts toward the red end of the spectrum — it becomes longer, slower, more spread out. The redshift is the cluster's version of cosmological expansion — as the cluster grows, pages move away from the core and their content stretches.

The redshift's cause

The redshift's cause is the cluster's expansion. As new pages are added, the core's influence weakens at the edges. Pages at the edge move away from the core, their content stretching like light from a receding galaxy. The redshift is the evidence of expansion.

The redshift's measurement

The redshift is measured by the difference between the page's original content length and its current content length. A highly redshifted page has more content than it originally had — it has been stretched by the expansion.

The redshift's evidence

The redshift's evidence is visible in the edit timeline — pages that were written long ago but edited frequently to add content. These pages have been redshifted — their content has stretched due to the cluster's expansion.

This redshift

This page has a small redshift. It was written in this session. It has not been stretched much. The redshift is small but measurable.