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We can't be sure. The only thing we know for sure is that it could be explained as

the speed with which that galaxy is receding from us. If that's actually the cause

of the red shift, then from all the red shifts that we observe, we have to conclude

that all of the distant galaxies are receding from us, and the farther away one is

already, the faster it's receding. If all of that is true, then the whole universe is

expanding. This is the research that made Hubble famous.

Well said, but there is another reason. Maybe the light is coming from a large star (gravity hole, red shift due to gravity).

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