is this question true or false?

Question

All distant galaxies are moving away from our galaxy because our galaxy is at the center of the universe.

Answer 1

The question is false.

The Big Bang theory has changed since it's inception in the 1930's. Current theory holds that there was no central explosion point but that the origin was a singularity. The expansion of this singularity would create an illusion that every galaxy was at the center of the Universe.

Answer 2

As a couple of people on here have said, there is one galaxy moving toward us, and all other galaxies are moving away from one another at immense speeds. Not only are they moving away, but they are accelerating rapidly, making the apparent size of the universe increase exponentially. This indicates a force equal and opposite to gravity. This phenomenon does make any given point used as a frame of reference seem like it could be the center. But not only do we not know where the center of the universe is, there seems to be no true "center" of the universe, because the universe is not a "shape" that any of us can truly comprehend.

I got most of my information from an old book entitled, "The Universe and Dr. Einstein" by Lincoln Barnett.

Answer 3

False

in at least two ways: since all galaxies are supposedly moving, our galaxy could be moving toward or away from other galaxies as all galaxies are moving.

And, we do not know if our galaxy is in the center of the universe or not. We could assume this, as was assumed the earth was the center of the solar system before Galileo, Copernicus, the vast majority of scientists since then and the like showed us that the sun is indeed the center of the solar system. Eventually though, if our civilization survives, we may be able to find out exactly where our galaxy is in the universe, and it may or may not be in the center.

A third reason is that scientists theorize that our galaxy could collide with another galaxy, as it has been witnessed that galaxies do collide.

Answer 4

False, the majority of the known galaxies are moving away from us, (Andromeda is actually moving toward us). Not because our galaxy, solar system, or planet is the center of the universe, but because we too are moving away from a point where all matter in the universe was created.

Answer 5

The answer is false, but not all galaxys are moving away... In the distant future there is a galaxy that will hit ours and when it does it would be a sight to see when the two singularities at the heart of each galaxy collide in a fireworks display like no other.

Answer 6

False, all galaxies are moving away from each other, in fact no one really knows where the center of the universe is or how big the universe is either

Answer 7

False, all galaxies are moving away from one another, making anything in all the galaxies think they are the center. Try this.
Take a big ribbuer band and about 5 ping pong balls.
Cut two adjasent holes in each pingpong ball
string the rubbber band through all of them, making sure u cut it once to straighten it.
Pull the rubberband with the ping pong balls on it. See you can't tell which ball is the center, since they are all moving away from one another.

Answer 8

All distant galaxies are moving away from our galaxy, but it is not because we are at the center of the universe. It is because space itself is expanding. Okay, imagine a regular balloon that has not been inflated. Draw three dots on it. Then blow the balloon up. You can see that the distance between each dot has increased, not because the galaxies are moving away from each other, but because the space between them are expanding. Another example that I learned in Astronomy class is imagine baking a cake. Then you put a few raisins on top. After you bake it, you notice that the raisins are further apart than before because the space between them (the cake batter) expanded.

BASICALLY: Space is expanding. We are not at the center of the Universe. There is no center!

Answer 9

All very distant galaxies are rushing away from *each other,* not just our own. It's not because we're at the center of the universe because the universe has *no* center. It's what called 'isotropic,' meaning that no matter where in the universe you are that point would *appear* to be the center.

Answer 10

You messed up the question, because it's both... Dots on a balloon being blown up will move away from each other, so all galaxies are moving away. Our galaxy cannot be the center of the universe, because we are in hell.