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Are the different galaxies in your universe moving and if so in which direction?
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∙ 13y ago
No matter in which direction we look, all of the galaxies outside of our "local cluster"
are moving away from the earth. And get this ... the farther a galaxy already is
from us, the faster it's moving away from us.
It looks as if we're in the center of everything, and everything is spreading out and
moving away from us. On the other hand, no matter where in the universe an observer might be, it would appear to them that they were at the center, and everything was moving away from them.
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Are different galaxies moving in your universe if so in which direction?
Most galaxies move away from us - the farther they are from us, the faster they move away from us. This means that the Universe is expanding.
In which direction are nearly all galaxies moving relative to earth?
they are moving in all directions away, toward, sideways relative to EarthNearly all galaxies are moving away from the Earth. This is because the universe is expanding.
Are all galaxies moving away from ours because your galaxy is at the center of the universe?
Other galaxies are moving away because the universe is expanding, but we are not at the centre of the universe.
Are galaxys moving away from each other which means the universe is contracting?
No.More specifically:Not all galaxies are moving away from each other. The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are moving towards each other (and at a pretty good clip, too: about 300 km/s). The entire "local group" of galaxies is moving in the general direction of something called the "Shapley Supercluster".Very distant galaxies do tend to be moving away from each other, but that means the universe is expanding, not contracting.
What direction are observed galaxies moving from your galaxy?
Away.
In which direction are nearby all galaxies moving relative to earth?
Nearly all galaxies are moving away from our galaxie and planet.
What if no distant galaxies showed any redshift or blueshift?
It would mean that the universe was radially static. That is, no galaxy was moving towards or away from the earth. This could happen if everything in the whole universe were moving in the same direction at the same [linear or rotational] velocity.
Are galaxies are moving around the centre of universe?
No. They do move away one from another, due to the expansion of the Universe.
How would other galaxies appear to move relative to Earth if the universe were shrinking?
If the Universe was shrinking the galaxies would appear to be moving towards the Earth, and look more blue than they should. This is the opposite to the universe expanding where galaxies would appear to be moving away from the Earth, which we know due to "red shift". Andromeda would be the exception since it's directly moving towards the Milky Way.
In which direction are mostly all galaxies moving?
Actually, most galaxies are all moving away from all other galaxies, not just from ours. The exception is the Andromeda galaxy, with which the Milky Way is on a collision course.
What did Edwin Powell discover?
The most important thing that Hubble discovered was that our universe is expanding. He could see this because he noticed that galaxies were moving apart (which he figured out by their red shifting). In fact, the expansion of our universe is speeding up and galaxies are moving apart faster and faster.
Is the milky way galaxy growing with the universe too?
No, the growth of the universe is caused by the galaxies moving away from each other, with no relation to their size.
