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BIG BANG THEORY
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Question
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The scientist to first observe red shift of galaxies furthest from Earth
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Edwin Hubble
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Georges Lemaitre
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Christian Andreas Doppler
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Contrary to the previously held view of a static universe, Hubble ultimately proved that galaxies are, in fact, moving away from us. By studying the light emitted from various galaxies, Hubble discovered that the light appeared displaced toward the red end of the spectrum.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hubble used the 100 inch Hooker Telescope on Mount Wilson, then the largest telescope in the world, to study the Andromeda Nebula, M 31. In 1923 he identified some of the stars within it as Cepheid variables.
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