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Why is the Andromeda galaxy moving toward earth?

Sorry, Andromeda and earth are moving away from each other, not towards each other.


Why are the winds moving toward the equator deflected to the left?

The Coriolis effect, caused by the rotation of the Earth, deflects winds moving towards the equator to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere. This deflection occurs because different parts of the rotating Earth move at different speeds. It influences the direction of moving objects, including winds, and causes them to curve rather than going in a straight line.


Which has a higher frequency a star moving away from earth or towards earth?

I would think that current evidence suggests that the stars moving away from earth, some of them in far distant galaxies moving at unimaginably high speeds, are going much faster than stars moving toward us. The entire Andromeda galaxy is moving toward us and will collide with us in roughly 5 billion years, and it is not moving anywhere near as fast as the distant retreating galaxies.


Is the Black Eye galaxy moving toward away or neither from Earth?

The Black Eye Galaxy [See Link] has a redshift of 0.001361, so it is moving away from us. Currently at 24 million light years from Earth


Are most volcanoes on land caused by the earths plates moving away from each other or moving toward each other?

Most volcanoes on land are caused by the Earth's plates moving toward each other, a process known as convergent plate boundary. When two plates converge, the denser oceanic plate subducts beneath the less dense continental plate, leading to the formation of volcanoes along the subduction zone.