  Light rays received on earth from distant stars show redshift, being
attributed conventionally to the well-known Doppler-effect of wave dynamics.
The present study concludes that cosmic redshift rather is an effect of the
quantum mechanical propagation of photons as explained by Nobel Laureate
Richard FEYNMAN in his book on QED {2}. This alternative physics of cosmic
redshift is fundamentally different from the conventional velocity argument and
can therefore do without the controversial big bang idea.
