Are Galaxies Moving or is Space-Time Expanding?

[Arman777]

Are galaxies are really moving away.Or galaxies are stationary but space-time expends so galaxies move with it ? Or maybe they could be same thing ?

 

[phinds]

Google "metric expansion". There is no (well, very little and for a different reason) proper motion of far distant galaxies with respect to the Earth, it's metric expansion.

 

[Orodruin]

Google "metric expansion". There is no (well, very little and for a different reason) proper motion of far distant galaxies with respect to the Earth, it's metric expansion.

This is a coordinate dependent statement. In "local" normal coordinates, galaxies are certainly moving away.

 

[Arman777]

This is a coordinate dependent statement. In "local" normal coordinates, galaxies are certainly moving away.

Like here its metric expention I guess.Here galaxies are standing still but universe expends so galaxies are moving with a velocity.Galaxies are moving away with a velocity v but not for they have a speed itself,Space time carries galaxies ?

 

[acidmatic]

Are galaxies are really moving away.Or galaxies are stationary but space-time expends so galaxies move with it ? Or maybe they could be same thing ?

Take a rubber belt and put 5-6 balls on it as if it's a kind of bead. Then pull the belt in opposite directions. You'll see the process itself.

 

[Arman777]

Take a rubber belt and put 5-6 balls on it as if it's a kind of bead. Then pull the belt in opposite directions. You'll see the process itself.

I understand..