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Hubble's law

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Hubble's law  (hblz)
A law of cosmology stating that the rate at which astronomical objects in the universe move apart from each other is proportional to their distance from each other. Current estimates of the value of this proportion, known as Hubble's constant, put its value at approximately 71 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
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Noun1.Hubble's law - (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer
Hubble law
law of nature, law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole


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Doesn't that contradict Hubble's law, which states that distance is correlated with age?
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Now known as Hubble's law, this finding provided the first observational evidence that the universe isn't static, but instead expands over time.
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