Use the scenario to answer the question.

An astronomer discovers a new galaxy using a telescope. The astronomer wants to investigate how the galaxy is moving relative to the Milky Way galaxy.

In one or two sentences, make a hypothesis about the movement of the galaxy and explain at least one way to test the hypothesis in kid words

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I think the new galaxy is moving away from the Milky Way galaxy. To test this idea, we can use a special tool called a spectroscope to look at the light from the new galaxy and see if the light is shifted towards the red side, which means it's moving away from us!