How do scientists know the universe is expanding?

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How do scientists know the universe is expanding?

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Answer: have you ever heard a train drive by with its horn going? It sounds different one it passes you, the tone changes. This is the doppler effect.

Well, light does the same thing, only thing is instead of sound you can observe a shift in color, red vs blue shift and know if the object is moving away or closer to you.

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