If Observations of Supernovae in Other Galaxies Show That Such

question 6

Multiple Choice

If observations of supernovae in other galaxies show that such an explosion happens in a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way on average every 25 to 100 years, why have astronomers on Earth not seen a supernova explosion in our Galaxy since 1604?

• A) we have been very unlucky; there have been far fewer explosions than average recently
• B) all the explosions happened in that part of the sky which is only visible from the Earth's southern hemisphere, and we do not have any large telescopes down there
• C) the disk of our Galaxy contains a great deal of dust, which tends to block the light of supernova explosions from more distant parts of our Galaxy
• D) most supernova explosions produce only high-energy gamma-rays and very little light
• E) actually, there have been supernova explosions observed, but there is a government conspiracy to keep ordinary citizens from learning about them (just like the alien creatures that were in Roswell, New Mexico and Area 51)

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