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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Symmetry on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:00PM (#13709109)
The spectrum of light depends on the frequency of the vibrations in the electromagnetic field, not the velocity of the wave. For both red and blue light the wave is traveling at 1c but the peaks of the wave are at 700 nanometers or 400 nanometers depending on the color. And under Special Relativity distances distort so that you do in fact see light shifted to higher frequencies/shorter wavelengths in the direction you're traveling.

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