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    The document discusses Hubble's law, which states that the recession speed of galaxies is proportional to their distance from Earth, as determined using the Doppler effect. It introduces the Hubble constant, which is the ratio of a galaxy's recession speed to its distance and relates to the age of the universe. Galaxies farther away are receding faster according to this linear relationship first observed by Edwin Hubble in 1921.

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    The Universe

    By Pratham Bhatt X B
    Hubble's law
    Astronomers use the Doppler effect to
    work out how fast galaxies are moving
    away from us (or towards us). The
    speed of the galaxies is directly
    proportional to the amount of redshift.
    In 1921, Edwin Hubble plotted the
    recession speed of galaxies (how fast
    they are moving away) against their
    distance from us.
    Hubble's law

    Here, v is the recession speed of


    galaxies (how fast they are
    moving away from us) and d is
    their distance from us.The
    Hubble constant, is the gradient
    of this graph and it is the ratio of
    the speed at which galaxies are
    moving away from Earth to their
    distance from Earth
    Hubble Time

    It is the inverse of Hubble constant. From this equation we can work


    out the age of the universe.

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