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Why do more distant galaxies have higher redshifts?



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They have had more time to move since their formation.



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The gravitational field is stronger at large distances causing a gravitational redshift.



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Space has expanded by a greater amount between us and more distant galaxies.



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The galaxies that moved the fastest after the big bang have travelled the farthest.

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