Edwin Hubble was able to show that (with the exception of our nearest neighbors) the farther a galaxy is from us, the
A) brighter it looks
B) bluer its color
C) the later in its life we are seeing it
D) the larger its halo is
E) the faster it is moving away from us

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Edwin Hubble's discovery of the redshift in the light emitted by galaxies allowed him to determine that galaxies were moving away from us, and that this motion was proportional to their distance - this is now known as Hubble's law. The faster a galaxy is moving away from us, the greater the redshift in its light, and the farther it is from us.

Edwin Hubble Was Able to Show That (With the Exception