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    Explain Why We Observe Distant Galaxies to Be Moving Away
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Explain Why We Observe Distant Galaxies to Be Moving Away

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Explain why we observe distant galaxies to be moving away from us and therefore believe that the universe is expanding,but we don't see individual galaxies or clusters expanding.

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