The Very Small Detected Irregularities in the Uniformity of the Cosmic

question 63

Multiple Choice

The very small detected irregularities in the uniformity of the cosmic microwave background are considered to be important in the study of the evolution of our universe because they

• A) were the seeds of supermassive black holes around which all galaxies then formed.
• B) are thought to have led to the development of the present concentrations of matter and energy in superclusters of galaxies.
• C) are thought to contain most of the elusive "missing matter" in the form of energy concentration in the universe.
• D) show us how non-uniform the Big Bang explosion was.

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