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Old 07-March-2008, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by livephenox
Why is the Red shift a false indicator of the universe expanding at all points. The first evidence is the FACT that galaxies collide. There is a galaxy on a collision cource for the milkyway right now. How could it even begin moving tward us if every galaxy was moving away from each other.
Simple answer: not all galaxies are moving away from each other; for example, AFAIK, the galaxies in our Local Group are not moving apart from each other. Even as space expands, gravity keeps clumps of matter together and attracted to each other, if they are close enough to each other. That's why galaxies can collide while space continues expanding.
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