What Use Are 21- Cm Radio Waves to Galactic Astronomers

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Multiple Choice

What use are 21- cm radio waves to galactic astronomers?

• A) They bounce off stars like our Sun to let us precisely measure their distances.
• B) They cut through the dusty cocoons to let us watch star birth.
• C) They pick up the cool, dark matter much better than can optical telescopes.
• D) Their Doppler shifts let us map the motions and locations of gas in the spiral arms.
• E) We can reflect them off the core of the Galaxy.

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Identify the role and positive aspects of sensory experiences such as pain.

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