Hubble's law

Hubble's law, in astronomy, statement that the distances between galaxies (see galaxy) or clusters of galaxies are continuously increasing and that therefore the universe is expanding.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Relative Motion of the Galaxies
• Discovery and Explanation of the Red Shift
• Bibliography

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