According to the Theory That Active Galactic Nuclei Are Powered

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Multiple Choice

According to the theory that active galactic nuclei are powered by supermassive black holes, the high luminosity of an active galactic nucleus primarily consists of .

• A)light emitted by hot gas in an accretion disk that swirls around the black hole
• B)radio waves emitted from radio lobes found on either side of the galaxy we see in visible light
• C)the combined light of thousands of young, high- mass stars that orbit the black hole
• D)intense radiation emitted by the black hole itself

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