Did you know galaxies are moving away from us?
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Edwin Hubble showed galaxies recede with a velocity proportional to their distance
Did you know galaxies are moving away from us?
Imagine you're standing in a field and notice that as you walk further away from a friend, they seem to move farther away too.
Edwin Hubble discovered that galaxies are moving away from us faster the farther they are. This is because the universe is expanding, like blowing up a balloon (Hubble's Law).
Example
If you and your friend are 10 meters apart and you walk 5 meters away, your friend seems to move 10 meters away too.
Remember this
The universe is expanding, causing galaxies to recede from us as they get farther apart.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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