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Our galaxy is expanding and according to the cosmological principle, the further away a galaxy is the faster it is moving away. The galaxies are not getting further apart because they are moving through space but because space itself is expanding. Like raisins in rising dough. The raisins themsleves are not moving away from the other raisins but the dough itself is expanding, so every raisin sees the other raisins moving away from it.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAll matter was created from the Big Bang which was a single point. Since then all the universe has been moving away from this initial source point, think of this like an ever expanding baloon. We are moving away from the source point quicker than the inner stars or galaxies and thus moving away from them and the outer stars or galaxies are moving faster than we are thus moving away from us. It has yet to be decided whether at some point a long time in the future the expension will reverse and the whole of the universe will contract in on itself to a single point thus starting off the big bang aggain or whether the universe will continue to expand for ever
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∙ 11y agoScientists theorize that the galaxies will someday stop moving away from each other AND the origin point of the Big Bang and will fall back to the point of origin. There, theory suggests, a new Big Bang will take place starting the cycle again.
Galaxies are moving because the universe is expanding. They are not moving away from a central point, it is a general expansion of space everywhere.
If you imagine the galaxies are the currants in a cake being baked, the dough expands, the currents remain where they are within the dough but the spaces between the currents is getting larger. There is no single point they are all moving away from. That is roughly the sort of thing that is happening in the universe.
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∙ 11y agoGalaxies move away from the Earth because the universe is expanding. The universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang, which was about 13.8 billion years ago. The entire universe is, in effect, a huge explosion that is still taking place and will never stop.
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∙ 9y agoMainly because of the redshift displayed by most galaxies. This is usually attributed to the Doppler effect.
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∙ 8y agoIn general, the farther the galaxies are, the faster they move away from us. At least in a first approximation, this is a direct proportion.
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What did astronomers Edwin Hubble discover that led to the formulation of his law?
Basically, his discovery was that most galaxies move away from us; and that the galaxies that are farther away, also tend to move away faster.
If a spaceship went into space from the earth did the spaceship move away from the earth or did the earth move away from the spaceship?
Both would probably move away from each other, because the earth moves too.
What observation did Edwin hubble make about the movement of galaxies?
In the late 1920s, the astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that most of the galaxies he observed were moving away from Earth.
Why is Edwin hubble famous?
Edwin Hubble proved that there are other galaxies spread throughout the universe, and that these galaxies move away from each other as the universe expands. He further found that the galaxies in the outermost areas of the universe move faster that those nearer the middle, a feature in his Hubble's Law.
Who discovered the galaxies exist outside the Milky Way?
The person who discovered the existence of galaxies outside of the milky way was Edwin Hubble. He also discovered that galaxies move away from each other with a constant acceleration, leading to the big bang theory.
How do other galaxies move more relative to earth?
Away.
What type of galaxy moves away from Earth?
That has nothing to do with the "type"; it is how far they are away from Earth. Due to the general expansion of the Universe, galaxies that are far way from us systematically move away from us - the farther away, the faster. It is only nearby galaxies which may happen to move towards us.
What did astronomers Edwin Hubble discover that led to the formulation of his law?
Basically, his discovery was that most galaxies move away from us; and that the galaxies that are farther away, also tend to move away faster.
When viewed from earth the light from very distant galaxies shows a red shift evidence that these distant galaxies moving towards or away from earth?
The "redshift" refers to the fact that the light is less energetic than when it was emitted; it shows that the galaxies move away from us. Should a galaxy move towards us - which is possible only for galaxies that are relatively close to us - then there would be a blueshift.
What Doppler shift do galaxies show?
Some nearby galaxies move towards us (blueshift), some move away from us (redshift). Galaxies that are farther away all move away from us (redshift); this means that the Universe is expanding.
What imporatant observation did Edwin Hubble make about the movement of galaxys'?
That most galaxies move away from us; and that the general tendency is that galaxies that are farther away move away from us faster.
What best describes how most galaxies generally move?
Galaxies generally move away from one another.
How do the distant galaxies ussually move?
Away from us.
What directions do galaxies move?
Most move away from us, and each other.
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.
Do galaxies move away form one another?
Yes !
What best describes how galaxies generally move 1 toward each other 2 away from one another 3 randomly 4 galaxies do not move?
The general tendency is for galaxies to move away from each other, in other words, the Universe is expanding. Only in our "immediate neighborhood" will you also find some galaxies that move towards us.
