▁include : ▁▁ ▁Hub ble ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁all ▁galaxies ▁and ▁distant ▁astronom ical ▁objects ▁were ▁moving ▁away ▁from ▁us , ▁as ▁predicted ▁by ▁a ▁universal ▁expansion . ▁Using ▁the ▁red shift ▁of ▁their ▁elect romagnet ic ▁spect ra ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁distance ▁and ▁speed ▁of ▁remote ▁objects ▁in ▁space , ▁he ▁showed ▁that ▁all ▁objects ▁are ▁moving ▁away ▁from ▁us , ▁and ▁that ▁their ▁speed ▁is ▁proportional ▁to ▁their ▁distance , ▁a ▁feature ▁of ▁metric ▁expansion . ▁Further ▁studies ▁have ▁since ▁shown ▁the ▁expansion ▁to ▁be ▁highly ▁is otrop ic ▁and ▁hom ogeneous , ▁that ▁is , ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁special ▁point ▁as ▁a ▁" center ", ▁but ▁appears ▁universal ▁and ▁independent ▁of ▁any ▁fixed ▁central ▁point . ▁ ▁In ▁studies ▁of ▁large - scale ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁cos mos ▁taken ▁from ▁red shift ▁surve ys ▁a ▁so - called ▁" End ▁of ▁Great ness " ▁was ▁discovered ▁at ▁the ▁largest ▁scales ▁of ▁the ▁universe . ▁Until ▁these ▁scales ▁were ▁survey ed , ▁the ▁universe ▁appeared ▁" l um py " ▁with ▁cl umps ▁of ▁galax y ▁clusters , ▁super cl ust ers ▁and ▁fil aments ▁which ▁were ▁anything ▁but ▁is otrop ic ▁and ▁hom ogeneous . ▁This ▁l ump iness ▁disapp ears ▁into ▁a ▁smooth ▁distribution ▁of ▁galaxies ▁at ▁the ▁largest ▁scales . ▁ ▁The ▁is otrop ic ▁distribution ▁across ▁the ▁sky ▁of ▁distant ▁g amma - ray ▁burst s ▁and ▁super nov ae ▁is ▁another ▁confirm ation ▁of ▁the ▁Cos m ological ▁Princi ple . ▁ ▁The