What do you mean Hubble didn't observe that. He found the red shift in distant galaxies. The farther away, the higher the shift. Again, I'm a novice here, but still...
Hubble observed that not only is the universe expanding but that it is accelerating. With the model of the Big Bang as I understand it, the universe began as a big explosion. That would mean that it expanded at a rate exceeding the speed of light or at least close to it. If that is correct, that...