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Hubble.

Edwin Hubble collected large amounts of data compiled from spectra of celestial objects,

and correlated those with other data that could be interpreted as indicating the objects'

distance from us.

The pattern that emerged can be interpreted to imply that

-- There are galaxies of stars that are distant from the galaxy in which we're located.

-- All of the distant galaxies, in every direction from us, are moving away from us.

-- The farther from us a distant galaxy already is, the faster it's moving away.

Hubble proved none of this. But that should not be held against him or his well

deserved reputation as a brilliant scientist, because none of these things ever

can be proven.

In terms of a popular phrase that I love to tweak whenever I can, each of these

statements is "just a theory".

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