Which of the following paraphrases Hubble's Law?
A) The faster the galaxy spins, the more massive and luminous it is.
B) The greater the distance to a galaxy, the greater its redshift.
C) The greater the distance to a galaxy, the fainter it is.
D) The more distant a galaxy is, the younger it appears.
E) The older the galaxy appears to us, the more luminous it is.
B
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