The relationship between Recession Velocity (RV) and Distance (D) is such that we infer that the universe is contracting.

Question

The relationship between Recession Velocity (RV) and Distance (D) is such that we infer that the universe is contracting.

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Answer 1

False. Hubble's Law observes that there is a positive linear relationship between recession velocity and distance; in other words, galaxies that are farther from us are moving faster away from us. This means that everything in space that is not graviatationally bound is moving away from each other due to the expansion of space, which implies that billions of years ago, everything started moving apart at a single point. This is the basis for the Big Bang Theory.