The Big Bang, red-shift and the expanding Universe

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Question 36
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An astrophysicist analyzes the absorption spectra from a cluster of distant galaxies and compares them with reference spectra from a stationary laboratory source.

Explain how the comparison of these spectral lines provides evidence that the Universe is expanding.

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