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(a) How does the phenomenon of red shift provide evidence of an expanding universe? (b) A scientist observes blue shift in the edge of a rotating galaxy. What can you conclude about the galaxy's movement?

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A redshift is something discovered by scientists which involve a different spectrum of lights. They have noticed that galaxies produce different colors of light while moving at a distance and at the end of the spectrum, a redshift begins to show identifying that the galaxy is traveling away from the milky way while a blue shift means that the galaxy is moving towards the milky way.

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