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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hubble’s Law says that ____
A
Galaxies farther away are moving slower away
B
Galaxies do not move
C
Galaxies further away from us are moving faster away
D
Galaxies closer to Earth are moving faster away
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hubble’s law, also known as the Hubble–Lemaître law, is the observation in physical cosmology that galaxies are moving away from Earth at speeds proportional to their distance. In other words, the farther they are, the faster they are moving away from Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Instead, what is happening is the space between them is expanding (just like the rubber band expanded, separating the dots fixed to it from each other). As the universe expands, the galaxies get farther from each other, and the apparent velocity will appear to be larger for the more distant galaxies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hubble also demonstrated that galaxies farther away from us are receding faster than those nearby – a fundamental observation now known as Hubble’s Law. The idea of an expanding universe is a key underpinning of the Big Bang Theory. Hubble’s observations provided the earliest insight into the origins of our universe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hubble showed that galaxies are receding away from us with a velocity that is proportional to their distance from us: more distant galaxies recede faster than nearby galaxies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hubble’s brilliant observation was that the red shift of galaxies was directly proportional to the distance of the galaxy from earth. That meant that things farther away from Earth were moving away faster. In other words, the universe must be expanding. He announced his finding in 1929.

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