X-Ray Observations Indicate That Around the Milky Way There May

question 94

Multiple Choice

X-ray observations indicate that around the Milky Way there may be an extended halo of

• A) hot and diffuse gas at 2 million K, similar to that in the solar corona.
• B) cold and dense gas where new stars form abundantly.
• C) cosmic rays captured from other galaxies.
• D) ions accelerated by strong magnetic fields.
• E) gas heated by the very active supermassive black hole at the center.

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